India's top court has upheld a law which criminalises gay sex, in a ruling seen as a major blow to gay rights.The Supreme Court ruling reverses a landmark 2009 Delhi High Court order which had decriminalised homosexual acts.The court said it was up to parliament to legislate on the issue. According to Section 377, a 153-year-old colonial law, a
same-sex relationship is an "unnatural offence" and punishable by a
10-year jail term.Several political, social and religious groups had petitioned
the Supreme Court to have the law reinstated in the wake of the 2009
court ruling.
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