Delhi High Court orders Indian govt to decide on penal provisions for unnatural sex in BNS within 6 months.

Delhi High Court directs Indian govt to expedite decision on penal provisions for unnatural sex & sodomy in BNS, which replaced the Indian Penal Code. The court asks for a decision preferably within six months. The petitioner seeks to address the legal void created by the enactment of BNS and requests an interim relief to provisionally revive criminalisation of non-consensual sexual acts similar to section 377 of the IPC.

August 28, 2024
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