Views : A judgement miserably failed to understand the spirit of the Article 14 ( Equality before law )& 15 ( discriminating any body on sexual ground).
Read the judgement first: Justice Singhvi who restored ban on gay sex
All India | Edited by Diana George | Updated: December 11, 2013 18:55 IST
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Click to Expand & PlayJustice GS Singhvi refused to answer NDTV's queries and was insistent that his judgement be read first
He retired today after delivering a verdict that has been described as a huge setback for human rights in the world's largest democracy.
"There is a barbarism in treating choices of consenting adults as a crime. I wasn't a criminal yesterday. Today I am. I intend to continue being a criminal," said author Vikram Seth.
The two-judge bench of the Supreme Court today struck down a landmark Delhi High Court ruling in 2009 which found that section 377 of the Indian Penal Code prohibiting "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" infringed the fundamental rights of Indians.
But the Supreme Court verdict, delivered on Justice Singhvi's last day before retirement, found that the High Court had overstepped and that a law originally passed by the British in 1860 was constitutionally valid.
"It is up to Parliament to legislate on this issue," Justice Singhvi said.
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