<p>A meeting will be convened soon for evolving a consensus on repealing Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, official sources said on Saturday.<br /><br />The meeting to be chaired by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will discuss the controversial section of the IPC which bans sexual relationships among people of the same gender, official sources said.<br /><br />While Chidambaram and Law Minister Veerappa Moily are understood to be in favour of repealing the provision of the IPC, the response of Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is awaited.<br /><br />Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had asked the ministries of home and health to resolve the differences over the issues and give a comprehensive response to the Delhi High Court, which is hearing a petition challenging arrests under the law.<br /><br />Former Home Minister Shivraj Patil and former Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss had taken divergent stand on the issue before the court.<br /><br />Terming the matter as "serious", the High Court had directed the government to sort out the matter at the earliest.</p>
<p>A meeting will be convened soon for evolving a consensus on repealing Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, official sources said on Saturday.<br /><br />The meeting to be chaired by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will discuss the controversial section of the IPC which bans sexual relationships among people of the same gender, official sources said.<br /><br />While Chidambaram and Law Minister Veerappa Moily are understood to be in favour of repealing the provision of the IPC, the response of Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is awaited.<br /><br />Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had asked the ministries of home and health to resolve the differences over the issues and give a comprehensive response to the Delhi High Court, which is hearing a petition challenging arrests under the law.<br /><br />Former Home Minister Shivraj Patil and former Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss had taken divergent stand on the issue before the court.<br /><br />Terming the matter as "serious", the High Court had directed the government to sort out the matter at the earliest.</p>