Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the India Supreme Court upheld a "153-year-old colonial-era law that criminalizes gay sex, leaving it up to lawmakers to amend the legislation in a setback for homosexual rights in the world’s second-most populous country."
Niranjan Sahoo, an analyst with the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation, told Bloomberg: '“Indian society is largely conservative, feudal, and lawmakers have the same values. So any proposal of this nature with radical consequences won’t see the light of day.”'
The two-judge panel said that the law was constitutional. However, an appeal to a five-judge panel is planned.
Lawyer and Legal Journalist
