<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">''<div>The Centre today left it to the wisdom of the Supreme Court to examine the constitutional validity of Section 377 of the IPC criminalizing homosexuality.  </div>''<div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />''</span>In an affidavit, the Ministry of Home Affairs said if the apex court decided to examine any question other than the constitutional validity of this Section, it would have far-reaching and wide ramifications under various other laws.</div>''<div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />''</span>A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which is hearing a batch of petitions challenging its 2013 verdict that had re-criminalised homosexuality. The apex court had yesterday commenced the crucial hearing on the petitions seeking decriminalisation of homosexuality.</div></div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>