Society canât be excuse for Section 377: Petitioners to SC
Section 377, the law criminalising consensual gay sex, violates the fundamental right of Indians and societal perceptions can't be used as an excuse for its existence, petitioners have told the Supreme Court. "Constitutional morality has to overtake societal perception. Don't blame the society because we all have grown up with this provision in the statute," petitioners' lawyer Mukul Rohatgi said.