The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a five-judge bench a curative petition against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality. The decision by a bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur was immediately welcomed by gay rights activists across the country as it reopens the legal debate on homosexuality. The apex court clubbed together 8 curative petitions filed by gay rights activists and NGO Naz Foundation against the apex court's December 11, 2013 judgement upholding validity of section 377 (unnatural sexual offences) of IPC and the January 2014 order, by which it had dismissed a bunch of review petitions.

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