The Delhi High Court has slammed India's central government for relying on the views of religious books and scholars to justify the country's continued ban on gay sex, despite being asked to come forth with solid scientific evidence to support their case.
"We should not accept religious literature instead of scientific report," a bench of Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar said.
"These are not scientific reports. These are articles quoting Bible, which is propaganda. Your arguments should be based on scientific reports. Show us scientific reports which justify criminalisation of such (gay sex) acts," the court observed.
The court asked the central government to bring before it the reports of the World Health Organisation on the issues of health hazards that can arise from the criminalisation of gay sex.
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