No plans to amend Section 377 till SC decision: Govt
24 July 2014 3:36 AM IST
The Centre on Tuesday said it has no plans to amend or repeal Section 377 of the IPC, criminalising sex among homosexuals, till the issue is settled by the Supreme Court.
‘No. The matter is sub-judiced before the Supreme Court. A decision regarding Section 377 of IPC can be taken only after pronouncement of judgement by the Supreme Court,’ minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
He was replying to a question on whether the government proposes to amend or repeal Section 377 of the IPC.
The Supreme Court on 11 December, 2013 set aside a Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising gay sex and threw the ball into Parliament’s court for amending law.
The judgment of the apex court revives the penal provision making gay sex an offence punishable with life imprisonment.
The Supreme Court is at present hearing a curative petition on the matter.
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