The Indian court ruling lifting the ban on gay sex is now being contested in the highest court in the land. The Supreme Court hearing begins on July 20.
The Indian Express reports:
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre (Indian government) on a petition challenging the Delhi High Court judgement legalizing gay sex among the consenting adults.
Notices were also issued to Naz Foundation, the NGO, and other respondents who were parties before the High Court. The court was hearing the appeal filed by Suresh Kumar Kaushal, an astrologer, against the July 2 verdict of the High Court.
Kaushal sought the quashing of the verdict of the Delhi High Court legalizing gay sex between consenting adults in private, which was earlier a criminal offence under section 377 of IPC.
The High Court’s judgment would result in spread of HIV/AIDS, no one can imagine the consequences of the unnatural acts. Even animals don''t indulge in such activities," Kaushal said in his petition.
The counsel for the astrologer said that since the High Court verdict, there have been seven cases of gay marriages, and raised several questions, which, he claimed, were likely to affect the institution of marriage.
This is the second petition filed against the Delhi high Court’s verdict. On Wednesday Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev filed a special leave petition on the same issue.
In his petition, he argued that homosexuality was a curable disease, reports the Telegraph.
"It can be treated like any other congenital defect. Such tendencies can be treated by yoga, pranayam and other meditation techniques," he said.
The television guru's yoga programmes are watched by an estimated 85 million people throughout the world and he counts senior government ministers among his devotees, the newspaper added.
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