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India govt likely to review anti-gay sex law
Indiaâs law minister said Thursday that the government has not abandoned efforts to make homosexuality legal, saying the country must take swift action to challenge a Supreme Court decision banning same-sex relations
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ndia's law minister said Thursday that the governmenthas not abandoned efforts to make homosexuality legal, saying the country musttake swift action to challenge a Supreme Court decision banning same-sexrelations.
The minister, Kapil Sibal, said he was for decriminalizing homosexuality, hinting that the government could seek a judicial review of Wednesday's Supreme Court decision or that Parliament could enact a new law.
'We need to take quick and firm action,' he told reporters, noting that millions of people in India do not want homosexuality to be a criminal offense. The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that only lawmakers could change a colonial-era law that bans same-sex relations and makes them punishable by up to a decade in prison.
