The Supreme Court has allowed a curative petition on the issue of Gay Sex, in Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The petition is the last legal course of action that can be taken in a court of law.
The SC had referred the matter to a bench of 5 judges, leaving the door open for a judicial review of the controversial law. The referral is a standard procedure, but going by the history of India's judiciary, it is quite rare to that the court change their stance on the law.
Several LGBT activists are waiting outside the SC for their verdict on the petition and most of them hold a realistic outlook on it. They know that whether or not the petition comes to fruition, they’ll still have a long way to go in changing the mind-set of a nation