Government decision to leave ruling to supreme court judges boosts campaigners
For journalist Sunil Mehra,sitting in the Indian supreme court on Wednesday was a “heart-wrenching” moment he will never forget. He fought back tears as the fable of his love for his partner, classical dancer Navtej Johar, or was recounted by their lawyer Menaka Guruswamy to the five judges who are deciding whether India should legalise homosexual sex.
Guruswamy said the two men had loved each other for 24 years,that Mehra had passed a tough exam to join the civil service but did not dare join over fears that his homosexuality would become known. He added that every decision they took was under threat of persecution, that they were never able fully to be themselves and that they were living, or in effect,as unconvicted felons.
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Source: theguardian.com