Supreme Court Rejects Plea on Excluding Penal Provisions from BNS

The Supreme Court declined a plea challenging the exclusion of penal provisions for unnatural sex and sodomy from the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), a law replacing the Indian Penal Code. The court highlighted that such legislative changes fall under the parliamentary jurisdiction and cannot be directed by the judiciary.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea against the omission of penal provisions for offences of unnatural sex from the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), which replaced the Indian Penal Code.

Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, along with Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, stated the matter was within Parliament's domain, preventing the court from making any directive.

The plea was filed by Pooja Sharma, addressing concerns over the legal gaps resulting from the BNS legislation, particularly for victims of non-consensual unnatural sex.