Changing Sec 377 requires political, not judicial, will

The Indian lawmakers seem to have abdicated their constitutional responsibility by not accepting the Supreme Court’s suggestion that Parliament should change Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code if it thought decriminalising same-sex relationships by consenting adults was good for society. Instead of doing so, as Congress President had promised in her first reaction to the Supreme Court’s verdict on the provision, it has tried to shoot from the apex court’s shoulders by filing a review petition.

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