Constitutional Challenge
On 24 September 2010, criminal lawyer M. Ravi filed an application in the High Court to challenge the constitutionality of Section 377A on behalf of his client Tan Eng Hong, who was charged for allegedly having oral sex with another consenting adult male in a locked cubicle of a public toilet. Ravi's case was thrown out of court, the judge citing "a lack of a real controversy" for the court to deal with.
Read more about this topic: Section 377A Of The Penal Code (Singapore)
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