The Delhi High Court has directed the parents and maternal uncle of a 22-year-old lesbian woman to undergo counselling in order to prepare themselves to accept her "as per her wishes".

This counseling is intended to help them in the process of accepting her in accordance with her own desires and preferences.

Following discussions with the involved parties, a bench presided over by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait issued instructions for the police to escort the woman to a shelter home and ensure her accommodation and sustenance there.

The court also directed the shelter home's director to organize a "counselling session" for the woman and noted that her family members should receive counseling on every other day.

The bench, also comprising Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, further directed the "parents and all other concerned" to "not to extend any kind of threat or undue pressure upon" their daughter and the petitioner.

"It is further directed that parents of the woman shall also be counselled at least on an alternative day to prepare them to accept (her) as per her wishes. The parents and maternal uncle are directed to approach the aforesaid shelter home for counselling, who shall be counselled by the Director and if they wish for further counselling, they shall be counselled accordingly, on the alternate days, thereafter," said the court in a recent order.

The parents of the woman "agreed" before the court that she should be sent to the shelter home in order to "reflect and introspect about her future".