The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the issue of legalisation and decriminalisation of gay sex among consenting adults in private.
A bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice AK Ganguly would be hearing a bunch of petitions filed by gay rights activists and political, social and religious organisations who have opposed the Delhi high court verdict decriminalising homosexual behaviour.
People and organisations from different field have come out in support of or against the path-breaking verdict sparking a controversy. Several political, social and religious organisation have asked the Supreme Court to give the final verdict on the issue.
Senior BJP leader BP Singhal who had opposed legalisation of gay sex in the high court has challenged the verdict in the Supreme Court saying that such acts are illegal, immoral and against ethos of Indian culture.
Expressing similar sentiments, religious organisations like All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Utkal Christian Council and Apostolic Churches Alliance have opposed the high court's verdict.
Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Right, Tamil Nadu Muslim Munn Kazhgam, astrologer Suresh Kumar Kaushal and yoga guru Ramdev have also opposed the verdict in the apex court.
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