{"id":706,"date":"2009-07-20T08:08:31","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T15:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=706"},"modified":"2009-07-20T08:08:31","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T15:08:31","slug":"sc-once-again-refuses-stay-on-gay-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2009\/rights-and-freedoms\/sc-once-again-refuses-stay-on-gay-sex.html\/","title":{"rendered":"SC once again refuses stay on gay sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the second time, the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/8158796.stm\">SC refused to stay the High Court&#8217;s historic verdict<\/a> decriminalizing gay sex. This is as it should be. The bench which had the Chief Justice of India on it, said that since there was no danger of any penal consequences, there was no reason to put a stay on the order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Image Credit: <a title=\"Link to nickjohnson's photostream\" rel=\"dc:creator cc:attributionURL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/npj\/\"><strong>nickjohnson<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-711\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><em><strong><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-711\" title=\"The Supreme Court's verdict on gay sex in India\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/SC-verdict-on-gay-sex-in-India.jpg\" alt=\"The Supreme Court's verdict on gay sex in India\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/SC-verdict-on-gay-sex-in-India.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/SC-verdict-on-gay-sex-in-India-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Supreme Court&#39;s verdict on gay sex in India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, when pro-gay activists said that those who didn&#8217;t take part in the earlier debate in the High Court shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to participate in the Supreme Court hearing, the judges said that &#8220;they have a right to object.&#8221; This of course is true &#8211; anyone can object.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government wanted more time to finalize it&#8217;s stand on the issue and the Supreme Court gave it 8 weeks to do so. 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