Supreme Court Refuses To Review Its Verdict Criminalising Gay Sex

New Delhi: The Supreme Court dismissed petitions filed by Centre and rights activists seeking review of its verdict declaring gay sex an offence punishable up to life imprisonment.

An apex court bench of Justice HL Dattu and Justice SJ Mukhopadhyay dismissed the review petition in a chamber hearing.

Seeking stay on the operation of the judgement, gay rights activists, including NGO Naz Foundation, had said thousands from the LGBT community became open about their sexual identity during the past four years after the high court decriminalised gay sex and they are now facing the threat of being prosecuted, PTI reported.

They submitted that criminalising gay sex amounts to violation of fundamental rights of the LGBT community.

The NGO submitted there are a number of "grave errors of law" and "wrong application of law" in the judgement which needs to be corrected.

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