After verdict on instant talaq, activists urge SC to act on Section 377

August 22, 2017 19:57

As the Supreme Court today banned instant triple talaq, activists urged the apex court to also take steps to decriminalise homosexuality and penalise marital rape.

The triple talaaq verdict should open people's minds to more progressive laws, gay rights activist Harish Iyer said.

"Any step in the direction of liberty for the most marginalised should be seen as a wave that all allied causes could ride on. The verdict should open our minds to more progressive laws, including on Section 377," Iyer said.

While the issue of Section 377 of the IPC, which criminalises homosexuality, is pending before the top court, it has been reluctant to make marital rape a criminal offence.

"SC rightly held instant triple talaq unconstitutional, didn't pass the buck to Parliament. Isn't it a shame SC didn't do the same on Section 377 (of the Indian Penal Code)," tweeted Kavita Krishnan, Secretary of the All India Progressive Women's Association.

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