{"id":198621,"date":"2018-07-17T15:46:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T10:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=198621"},"modified":"2018-08-02T16:20:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T10:50:19","slug":"day-4-section-377-if-we-are-convinced-that-it-is-unconstitutional-it-is-our-duty-to-strike-it-down-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/07\/17\/day-4-section-377-if-we-are-convinced-that-it-is-unconstitutional-it-is-our-duty-to-strike-it-down-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"[Day-4] Section 377 | &#8216;If we are convinced that it is unconstitutional, it is our duty to strike it down&#8217;: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Supreme Court: <\/strong>The 5-judge Constitution Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra, Rohinton Nariman, A.M Khanwillkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, JJ.\u00a0began the hearing on Day-4 of the constitutionality of Section 377 IPC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advocate Manoj George representing two Christian groups and supporting Section 377 stated that <em>\u2018<strong>Section 377 is constitutionally valid\u2019<\/strong><\/em><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that the <strong><em>\u201ccarnal intercourse criminalised is b\/w man and man, b\/w woman and woman, b\/w man and animal or between woman and animal<\/em><\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>&#8220;If Your Lordships says there is nothing called &#8220;order of nature&#8221; with or without consent, then the entire Section will go&#8221;,<\/em><\/strong> submitted Manoj George.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>DY Chandrachud J.<\/strong> intervenes and asks under Article 14, is there anything called order of nature?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nariman J. points to Yogyakarta principles stating \u201c<strong><em>Don\u2019t forget, we have already expanded sex to include transgender<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CJ Dipak Misra: <strong><em>\u2018Whatever the principles stated in Yogyakarta principles, if it fits into our constitutional framework, it may be referred as well<\/em><\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We have already expanded the scope of the meaning of sex. You need to respect the natural process of law, if any sex is against the order of nature, it doesn&#8217;t lead to procreation&#8221;: <strong>Nariman J.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018<strong><em>Anything to be done with Section 377 IPC should have been done by the legislature not by the Court<\/em><\/strong>\u2019: Advocate George<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>\u2018If we are convinced that it is unconstitutional, it is our duty to strike it down\u2019:<\/em><\/strong> Nariman J.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>CJ Dipak Misra<\/strong>: If Section 377 IPC goes away entirely, there will be anarchy. We are solely on consensual acts between man-man, man-woman. Consent is the fulcrum here! You cannot impose your sexual orientation on others without their consent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advocate George concluded his arguments on the note that <strong><em>\u2018If anything needs to be done, it should be done by legislature\u2019.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senior Advocate Radhakrishnan began with his arguments by referring to Apex Court\u2019s judgment in Govt. (NCT of Delhi) v. Union of India, in regard to the <strong><em>constitutional morality aspect<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Radhakrishnan also pointed out that \u2018<strong><em>Homosexuals spread sexually transmitted diseases like HIV<\/em><\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chandrachud J.:<\/strong> The cause of sexually transmitted diseases is not sexual intercourse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advocate Harshvir Pratap Sharma: <strong><em>\u2018We know there is corruption everywhere. 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Likewise, should we strike down a law because it affects a few?\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suresh Kumar Koushal\u2019s lawyer submitted that \u2018<strong><em>Section 377 needs to be retained as it is.<\/em><\/strong>\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Supreme Court reserved the judgment on the constitutionality of Section 377 IPC, 1860 by concluding the hearing for today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Source: https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLeaflet_in]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court: The 5-judge Constitution Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra, Rohinton Nariman, A.M Khanwillkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, JJ.\u00a0began the 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