The Gay sex controversy lands in India?s Supreme Court

The raging controversy over Gay rights in the wake of Delhi High Court today ruling that the ban under Section 377 was invalid, has landed in the apex court.

The Indian Supreme Court today issued notice to the Manmohan Singh government on a petition challenging the July 2 Delhi High Court judgement legalising gay sex among the consenting adults.

The matter has been posted for hearing on July 20. Naz Foundation, the NGO, which brought the Gay case before the Delhi court, and other parties before the High Court were also issued notices.

When the counsel for the petitioner, astrologer, Suresh Kumar Kaushal, sought an interim stay on the High Court verdict, the apex court bench comprising Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam said the request would be considered only after hearing the parties concerned.

Since the High Court verdict seven days back, there have been at least seven cases of gay marriages ? one of them a well publicized ceremony in Chandigarh.