Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that the “judgement on gay sex should be reconsidered” by the Supreme Court. “Supreme Court’s 2014 verdict banning gay sex is not in accordance with evolving legal jurisprudence and court needs to reconsider it,” Jaitley said while speaking at Times litFest.
Jaitley said that after independence, the judicial system in the country was “weak” as it was “overpowered” by the governments. But there were many landmark judgements that “resisted” the government’s authority, he added. He also said courts in the country have always upheld and defended the right to free speech and expression.
“Courts in India have always defended the right to free speech, guaranteed under the Article 19 of Indian Constitution. We can compete with European courts in this,” said Jaitley while addressing a session at the Times litFest being held in the city.