article_snippet: India own legal provision on the issue has been subject of much debate.
article_snippet: Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was struck down in 2009 only to be revived by the Supreme Court last year.
article_snippet: There is one last chance for the gay community to get homosexual acts decriminalised by the Supreme Court.
article_snippet: After the activists review petition against the judgment which made gay sex a crime punishable with life was dismissed on January 28, 2014, the activists filed a curative petition before the Supreme Court on April 3, 2014 which a curative petition has decided to hear in an open court.
article_snippet: the Supreme Court said the government’s indecision and flip-flop on the issue was to be squarely blamed for the situation.
article_snippet: The Bench, which ruled that making or changing of a law was the sole prerogative of Parliament, questioned why the government’s had not acted even 13 years after a Law Commission report sought deletion of the section and there were repeated demands.
article_snippet: the Supreme Court said this proved that the Centre wanted the section to remain in the statute.