Same Sex Marriage and gay intercourse were declared illegal by the highest court in India, to the dismay of LGBT communities all over the world. 

The Supreme Court of India, on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 set aside a 2009 High Court ruling that decriminalized gay sex in India. The Delhi High Court had, in 2009, allowed consenting adults to participate in homosexual relationships and intercourse.

Citing section 377 of Indian Penal Code, which prohibits "carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal", The Supreme Court declared gay intercourses and marriages as punishable offence, with up to 10 years in prison.

The LGBT communities and gay rights activists in India and around the world have reacted vehemently against the gay sex ban in the South-Asian country. The Naz Foundation, a Delhi based health NGO that had earlier petitioned to the High Court in 2009 for lifting the ban, said it will re-petition for a review of the judgment.

The LGBT support groups organized a protest in the country's capital New Delhi against the gay sex criminalization order. Thousands of citizens from all age groups marched for the gay rights cause in India, that just joined the list of LGBT illegal countries.   

The Supreme Court justices also said in their ruling that the Parliament of India, if so wants, can amend the IPC section 377 and decriminalize gay and lesbian sex in the country.

While gay rights activists and a section of Indian citizens are condemning the judgment, the faith based groups in India, who had jointly appealed the High Court 2009 ruling in the highest court of Justice, have welcomed it.  

Indian Spiritual guru and Yoga teacher Baba Ramdev and Muslim Personal Law Board have supported the Supreme court judgment, in turn inviting serious flak from the LGBT rights groups.