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What is Section-377-GK and GS

Q. 1 -What is Section-377?

Ans. - Article 377 of the Indian Penal Code refers to unnatural crime and says that whosoever voluntarily makes unnatural sex with any man, woman or animal, can be sentenced to life imprisonment and fine.


Q. 2-  On what appeals the Constitution Bench of five judges will start hearing on July 10, 2018, on petitions demanding that the section 377 of the IPC be declared an unconstitutional agreement?


Ans. • Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code calls for the establishment of gay sex as a crime.
• The bench will also hear the issue of disputed issues related to the ban on admission of women from 10 to 50 years of age in the
Sabarimala temple of Kerala.
• The bench will also hear the petition challenging the constitutional validity of section 497 of Indian Penal Code.
• The Constitution Bench will also hear on the petition in which it is to decide whether to file an allegation against a MP or a criminal in any criminal case, he should be disqualified or disqualified after being convicted. needed.
The newly constituted five-member constitution bench will be chaired by Chief Justice Deepak Mishra and Justice R. F. Nariman, Justice AM Khanvilkar, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Indu Malhotra will be its members.