Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published February 14, 2012.
In India, a case being seen as a test for gay rights in the country is before the Supreme Court. Three years ago in India, the Delhi High Court overturned Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which described same-sex relations as an "unnatural offence". This landmark judgment overturned a 148-year-old law and decriminalized consensual same sex sexual activity between adults in private. But opponents challenged the decision in The Naz Foundation versus Union of India case. The issue now before Supreme Court centers on whether this constitutional protection for LGBT people can be extended throughout the country. FSRN’s Indu Vashist has more from Delhi.
