India's Supreme Court has upheld a law which criminalises gay sex, in a ruling seen as a major blow to gay rights. The court ruling reverses a landmark 2009 Delhi High Court order which had decriminalised homosexual acts. According to Section 377, a 153-year-old colonial-era law, a same-sex relationship is an "unnatural offence" and punishable by a 10-year jail term. Here is a cross-section of views from India on the Supreme Court order. Zafaryab Jilani, Muslim leader and petitioner in the case, Lucknow The Supreme Court has upheld the moral values of India. Laws are made to protect what is "right" and that is what the court has done today. Many consensual…
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