While the supreme court of USA legalizes the same sex marriage , India still remains hold on Sec 377 which makes criminalizing offense of those involve in gay sex . The supreme court of India on December 2013 pronounced its verdict on a bunch of petitions challenging the Delhi high court , which gave an landmark judgement in July 2009 decriminalizing gay sex among consenting adults in private. The supreme court ruled out the Delhi high court verdict and pronounced to remain on Sec 377 , which Criminalizing homosexuality. The supreme court of India has seen before the Govt U-turn on gay rights , then UPA government said that it was unable to stand on the point whether to support Sec 377 or to oppose it.

 

In the year 2009, the Delhi High Court on Thursday strikes down the provision of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalized consensual sexual acts of adults in private, holding that it violated the fundamental right of life and liberty and the right to equality as guaranteed in the Constitution..A Division Bench of Justice A.P. Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar in its 105-page order said: “We declare that Section 377 of the IPC, insofar as it criminalizes consensual sexual acts of adults in private, is violation of Articles 21 [Right to Protection of Life and Personal Liberty], 14 [Right to Equality before Law] and 15 [Prohibition of Discrimination on Grounds of Religion, Race, Caste, Sex or Place of Birth] of the Constitution.Gays present in the court room hailed the judgment and greeted one another with hugs. But , the verdict stayed a win for gay activist not for a long time as Indian Supreme court Ruled out the Delhi high court verdict and stands on Criminalizing of homosexuality .

The US Supreme Court decision on Friday 26th June 2015 to allow gay couples to get married across the country set the world cheering. “No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family,” wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy, in the 5-4 verdict. “In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than they once were.”In India, too, Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered people and their supporters avidly discussed the verdict, even though homosexuality remains illegal in the country. Some hoped the US verdict would push India to abolish Article 377, which criminalises homosexuality. Here are some of the mixed reactions on Indian gay laws

India, your turn now. http://t.co/31rQH5Fyih

— Pramod Nautiyal (@PRAM0D_NAUTIYAL) June 26, 2015

By the time, India announces gay marriages as legal, Obama’s daughter will contest against Hillary Clinton’s grand-daughter to become POTUS.

— Mihir Bijur (@MihirBijur) June 26, 2015

Some tweets has seen humorous observations about how gay marriage would clash with Indian customs such as paying out dowry.

Hindu Mahasabha asks US Supreme Court to clarify key question about gay marriage ruling: Ab dahej kaun dega?

— IndiaExplained (@IndiaExplained) June 26, 2015

Before legalizing gay marriage in India, we must clear out whose family members will hide the groom’s shoes.

— Mirchi (@Puneri_Mulgi) June 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/ScholesLegacy/status/614454884591468544

Some others highlighted some specifically indian problems

There will be no other option but to make gay marriages legal India if people keep killing girls and girl to guy ratio is 500 to 1000.

— God (@GyanOfGod) June 26, 2015

Saala here half the straight people also can’t get married without fear still.

— Rohan (@mojorojo) June 26, 2015

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