SC seeks Centre's stand on hotelier's plea to decriminalise consensual gay sex

Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's view on a hotelier's plea for striking down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The law criminalizes unnatural sex, including the carnal intercourse between consenting adults of the same gender.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra issued a notice to the Centre on the plea by the Lalit Suri hospitality group head Kesav Suri, seeking the 'Right to choice of sexual orientation' to be declared as part of the fundamental Right to l