If anyone finds out who did this please point out to them how wrong this was - or slap them silly. Quite apart from providing material to the anti-west crowd, the judges clearly felt that this was a serious breach of procedure, though Justince Singhvi narrated the incident with a smile. Shyam Divan, who was speaking, managed to find a smooth way past it, but the lawyers in court were appalled. Of course, we don't know if the material was actually in our favour, since it could also have come from the anti-gay crowd, but if it was someone who was one of our supporters, he or she should really be aware of what a mistake this was.
--- In gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com, Aditya Bondyopadhyay <adit.bond@...> wrote: > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/From-US-with-love-Gay-sex-literature-for-Supreme-Court/articleshow/12283388.cms/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=toionFB > > From US with love: Gay sex literature for Supreme Court > Dhananjay > Mahapatra<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Dhananjay-Mahapatra.cms>, > TNN | Mar 16, 2012, 01.22AM IST > > > NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, which is hearing intense arguments both for > and against Delhi high court's historic decision to decriminalize > consensual adult gay sex <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/gay-sex> in > private, recently received gift boxes for its judges all the way from the > US. > > The boxes contained printed material on homosexuality, its traits and legal > implications, which is being dealt with in great detail by a bench of > Justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhay. > > For the past month, day-to-day hearing on appeals against the HC's July 9, > 2009 judgment had attracted many foreign students and scholars. Watching > the proceedings from the visitors' gallery, they were seen breaking into > animated discussions when the judges attempted to dig deep into the legal > aspects of the issue relating to decriminalization of Section 377 of Indian > Penal > Code<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Section-377-of-Indian-Penal-Code> > . > > But someone from the US thought of providing inputs to the process of > judicial adjudication of the petitions in an innovative way and posted gift > boxes full of material on homosexuality not only to the judges hearing the > appeals but to all the judges in the apex court. > > The Supreme Court > <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Supreme-Court> Registry, > as a practice, does not accept gifts for the judges. But in this case, it > made a departure and delivered the gift boxes to the judges. > > Narrating the unusual incident on Thursday, Justice Singhvi said, "Some > interesting thing happened when the case was being heard by the court. > Someone from the US sent boxes for Supreme Court judges. Normally, the > Registry does not accept such things. In this case, the Registry accepted > it and circulated these among the judges. I refused to accept it and > returned it back to the Registry without opening the box. But I was told by > my colleague judge that it contained material regarding this case." > > The attempt to provide inputs to the lively discussions taking place before > the bench did not achieve its objective as Justice Singhvi did not even > open the gift box. But the judges on the bench will not be short of > material as a battery of senior advocates - Amarendra Saran, additional > solicitor general Mohan Jain, Fali Nariman, Anand Grover, Shyam Divan and > Ashok Desai - have already provided reams on the issue to the court, both > for and against >
