Apex Court refers plea on Section 377 to CJI’s Bench

A Bench, comprising Justices SA Bobde and Ashok Bhushan, said the matter would be listed before a Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders.

Senior advocate Arvind Datar said the plea should be tagged along with the curative petition pending in the court. The Bench then said it could be mentioned before the Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur. “Let the matter be listed for the Chief Justice for appropriate orders,” it said.

The celebrities including chef Ritu Dalmia, hotelier Aman Nath and dancer N S Johar, in their plea had sought protection of their sexual rights on the ground that it is an integral part of the fundamental right to life.