Section 377: Govt submits affidavit in SC, leaves the issue to court's wisdom

Centre today put onus on the Supreme Court to decide on the criminality of the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code(IPC), which criminalises consensual gay sex. Submitting affidavit in the apex court, Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the five-judge constitution bench that the Centre will leave the matter of constitutionality of Section 377 to be decided by the Apex Court.