Well-known hotelier Keshav Suri, who runs the Lalit Group of hotels, approached the Supreme Court on Monday for decriminalising gay sex and to quash Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which makes carnal intercourse a crime punishable with imprisonment of up to 10 years. The court agreed to hear his plea and issued notice to the Centre.
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Armed with recent verdicts of the apex court upholding the right of choice and right to privacy of citizens, the 33-year-old businessman, who claims to be in a committed relationship with a man, said the penal provision was discriminatory and there was no logic for declaring intercourse between two individuals of the same sex as against the order of nature.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Suri, contended that a person’s right to choice of sexual orientation was part of fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution and Section 377 should not be invoked in case of any intercourse between two consenting adults of same sex.