in india s conservative religious society the prejudice against gays is still very deeply entrenched the self-proclaimed goal of many the rights to same sex marriage is still a long fight away. and i d like to welcome now to the program a trip to two men she is deputy director of the lawyers collective in delhi who represented one of the petitioners in this case a very good evening a congratulations with this landmark win what brought about the demise of section three seven seven were you convinced this day would come we were very convinced that this day would come the lawyers collective started working on this law back in two thousand and one when we filed the petition in the delhi high court challenging section three seventy seven we had a victory in the delhi high court and then we had a serial loss when in two thousand and thirteen the supreme court up this section
their will in a heterosexual context all that should also come to a stop because the court has clearly said you cannot force anyone to be who they aren t and it s the you know the response ability of the government to make sure that this decision is actually adopted and applied throughout the board or it should tune the deputy director of the lawyers a collective in delhi who is part of the team that represented one of the petitioners in this case congratulations again and thank you for joining us on the show. and a social media editor gerry read his been tracking reactions to that decision from india is a supreme court always good to see just what an exciting and seminal day for the people in india what is people been saying people are really happy but they re also relieved because of this long ongoing legal back and forth that has been happening in india in two thousand and nine the delhi high court decriminalize gay sex but then that was overturned in twenty thirteen by the supreme