India Supreme Court Upholds Sodomy Law

[DriftingCrow]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lesterfeder/india-supreme-court-upholds-sodomy-law
Author: J.Lester Feder Source: BuzzFeed

After a 12 year legal battle, the Supreme Court of India overruled a lower court ruling striking down a law criminalizing consensual same-sex intercourse on Wednesday morning.

The legal organization that brought the case, the Lawyers Collective, tweeted from the courtroom that this is a "major setback to LGBT rights."

Since the Delhi High Court ruled the law unconstitutional in 2009, its enforcement has been suspended throughout India. Today's ruling means people can once again be arrested and prosecuted for "unnatural offenses" in the world's second largest nation.


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See also:
British Colonial Era Anti-Sodomy Laws Still Reign Around The World
http://www.buzzfeed.com/miriamberger/british-colonial-era-anti-sodomy-laws-still-reign-around-the
Author: Mirima Berger Source: BuzzFeed

India's anti-sodomy law, which a court upheld yesterday, was first passed during British colonial rule — and they aren't the only former colony to maintain the British-era bans.

[ZoeM]

So dumb, Eeeugh

I don't mean to make light of this - it's a very problematic precedent. But seriously, SCofI? In this day and age?