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In September 2018, the Supreme Court of India, in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India, decriminalised consensual same-sex relations by reading down which provision?
- A. Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code
- B. Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code
- C. Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code
- D. Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code
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Answer: (B) Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code
A five-judge Constitution Bench read down Section 377 IPC in September 2018, holding that it violated Articles 14, 15 and 21 insofar as it criminalised consensual adult relations. Section 497 (adultery) was struck down separately the same month, while 124A concerns sedition and 302 punishment for murder.
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