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Court admits petition

NEW DELHI SEPT. 21 .The Delhi High Court has allowed the application of a Kannur-based Joint Action Council in a PIL seeking amendment to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which prohibits unnatural (sexual) offences, including homosexuality.

The Joint Action Council (JAC) while "resisting" the petition, which was opposing Section 377 IPC and is pending in the High Court, alleged that the sex industry, the fifth largest industry in the world, was trying to take hold in the country, and organise and industrialise sexual activities here. These forces, who wanted this industry to be legalised, were using HIV/AIDS as a powerful tool and a shield, working through various NGO networks, it claimed. A division bench comprising Justices A D Singh and R S Sodhi allowed the impleadment application in the case filed by 'Naz Foundation', a voluntary organisation working to prevent the spread of AIDS. — UNI

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