Gay bonds are 'humbug', single women risk psychological problems: Katju

From calling a majority of his countrymen idiots to declarations on various other subjects, Justice Markandey Katju has shown himself to have firm and controversial opinions on virtually any matter, and that he isn’t afraid to make this public, whether solicited or not. In one of his latest posts on Facebook, the former judge managed to offend the gay community and single women simultaneously.

Saying that some people had been seeking his opinion on the issue of legalising gay relationships and gay marriages, the former judge launched into a post that said:

Post by Markandey Katju .

In one fell sweep the former judge established why we haven’t built modern civilisation on George Bernard Shaw’s theories and why women shouldn’t ask him for advice on whether they should stay single or not.

And as with everything the former Supreme Court judge says it was met with howls of protest across social media with many choosing to slam him. Some of the most scathing replies came on the thread to his post itself but the normally responsive former judge chose to stay mum on the matter.

Instead he chose to respond with another post, that in this case was offensive only to single women by saying that it was ‘common sense’ that after “reaching a certain age it is the natural desire of most women to have a family”. This is what he had to say:

Post by Markandey Katju .

Here are some recent responses to the second post on Twitter:

Katju is to legal bloggers what Kanye West was to the 2009 VMAs.

— Avantika Mehta (@bitingfriends) December 27, 2014

@Sonia__Singh What about men who remain single, Mr Katju?

— . (@justlykdat) December 27, 2014

Since retiring from the post of Press Council of India chief, Justice Katju’s Facebook page is perhaps the best place to go to read his views of everything ranging from homosexuality to Ricky Martin songs, if you’re interested in his stream of consciousness.

But as this latest instance shows, while it can sometimes be entertaining for the sheer range of subjects that interest the former judge, it has its fair share of offensive landmines that you would do well to watch out for.