<div>The Supreme Court on Monday refused to adjourn tomorrow's proposed hearing by a five-judge Constitution bench on a batch of petitions challenging its verdict that had re-criminalised consensual carnal sex between two adults. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra refused to defer the hearing after the Centre sought more time to file its response on PILs on gay sex. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The newly re-constituted five-judge constitution bench is scheduled to commence hearing of four crucial matters, including the issue of sexual relationship between persons of same sex, from Tuesday. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The Supreme Court had in 2013 restored sexual relationship between persons of same sex as a criminal offence.</div>