ON DAY 2, CLARITY ON GOVT’S STAND

GOVT: "The constitutional validity of Section 377 to the extent it applies to ‘consensual acts of adults in private’ is concerned, the Union of India would leave the said question to the wisdom of this Hon’ble Court"

CJI: "What we intend, subject to arguments, that two consenting adults even if engaged in 'unnatural sex' will not be liable for prosecution for any offence" "Section 377 is an infrastructure to deny rights to the LGBT community"

TUSHAR MEHTA, ASG: "Someone accused of bestiality will cite his or her sexual orientation in defence"

MANEKA GURUSWAMY (LAWYER FOR 20 IITIANS): "The criminalisation (of Section 377) is based on laws before the dawn of the Constitution. How strongly must we love to withstand the terrible wrongs of Suresh Kumar Koushal"