India Supreme Court rejects appeal of recently upheld ban on ‘unnatural sex’
NEW DELHI, – India ’s Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal launched over its decision last month upholding the country’s ban on “unnatural sex.” The Naz Foundation, a UK-based homosexual activist group that promotes and attempts to legalize homosexual behavior in South Asia, had sought a review of the court’s Dec. 11 th decision. But in a ruling Tuesday, the Supreme Court said they “see no reason to interfere” with their ruling, so the petition for a review was “dismissed.” The statute in question, Section 377 of the Penal Code, has been criticized by homosexual advocacy groups for violating their rights. But it does not specifically mention homosexuality, targeting instead all sexual offences deemed unnatural. It reads: "Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall a