The government on Wednesday March 21,2012 clarified its stand on homosexuality before the Supreme Court, saying it is in favour of decriminalisation of gay sex and the Delhi High Court verdict is acceptable to it.
Attorney General G E Vahanvati justified the change in the Centre's stand on decriminalisation of gay sex, saying that the government "learnt and subsequently got enlightened" from the Delhi High Court verdict.
Vahanvati, who was yesterday asked by a bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya to clarify the government's stand on the issue, said there is no legal error in the high court judgment and "it is acceptable to us (government)".
The bench then queried whether the affidavit filed in the high court by the Home Ministry, opposing gay sex, was wrong.
Vahanvati then replied that the government learnt from the HC verdict and took the stand that criminalisation of gay sex is in violation of Fundamental Rights of homosexuals.
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