Malhotra told the court that “gay sex is highly immoral and against social order and there is high chance of spreading of diseases through such acts,” the Press Trust of India reported. Television channels reported that the lawyer may have gotten confused and read out the wrong statement in front of the Supreme Court reflecting an old government opinion.Īdditional Solicitor General P. A sensitive debate over gay sex in India was thrown into farcical confusion Thursday after a government lawyer urged the Supreme Court to ban it - only for the government to contradict him hours later in a statement accepting a recent ruling that made it legal.
