The Indian media has hail a ruling by a court ruling decriminalizing homosexuality in the country.
The decision on Thursday overturns a 148-year-old regal law which describes a same-sex relationship as a "not natural offence".
Homosexual acts were carrying a punishment of by a 10-year prison sentence.
Many people in India regard same-sex relationships as illegitimate. Rights groups have long argued that the law contravened person rights.
India's Gay Day, headlined The Times of India
"..This historic decision could act as a catalyst, encouraging our legislators to shed their blinkers and take a more progressive view on the issue," the newspaper said.
"In 21st century India, it is perverse to penalise adults for their sexual choices."
'Giant step'Recitation the ruling as a "giant step towards globalization", the newspaper said India had become the 127th country "to take the guilt out of homosexuality".
It's okay to be gay, headline Hindustan Times
Section 377 of the colonial Indian Penal Code, defines homosexual acts as "carnal intercourse alongside the order of nature" and made them illegal.
"It took 150 years for us India - and 42 years after Britain itself had made homosexuality legal- to figure out that we didn't have a difficulty with same-sex relationships," Hindustan Times said.
The newspaper said "homosexuality and heterosexuality aren't divisive, emotive issues in Middle India - sexuality is, especially when it concern women and their perceived behaviors in a still male-dominated, anti-woman civilization at large".
Sexuality Equality, headlined The Indian Express
"Can a modern democratic system intrude upon the private domain of agreeable adults on the grounds of 'moral indignation’?" the newspaper wonder.
The paper said that the Delhi ruling "may not be the last word on the matter".
The decision on Thursday overturns a 148-year-old regal law which describes a same-sex relationship as a "not natural offence".
Homosexual acts were carrying a punishment of by a 10-year prison sentence.
Many people in India regard same-sex relationships as illegitimate. Rights groups have long argued that the law contravened person rights.
India's Gay Day, headlined The Times of India
"..This historic decision could act as a catalyst, encouraging our legislators to shed their blinkers and take a more progressive view on the issue," the newspaper said.
"In 21st century India, it is perverse to penalise adults for their sexual choices."
'Giant step'Recitation the ruling as a "giant step towards globalization", the newspaper said India had become the 127th country "to take the guilt out of homosexuality".
It's okay to be gay, headline Hindustan Times
Section 377 of the colonial Indian Penal Code, defines homosexual acts as "carnal intercourse alongside the order of nature" and made them illegal.
"It took 150 years for us India - and 42 years after Britain itself had made homosexuality legal- to figure out that we didn't have a difficulty with same-sex relationships," Hindustan Times said.
The newspaper said "homosexuality and heterosexuality aren't divisive, emotive issues in Middle India - sexuality is, especially when it concern women and their perceived behaviors in a still male-dominated, anti-woman civilization at large".
Sexuality Equality, headlined The Indian Express
"Can a modern democratic system intrude upon the private domain of agreeable adults on the grounds of 'moral indignation’?" the newspaper wonder.
The paper said that the Delhi ruling "may not be the last word on the matter".
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