After pushing for gender-neutral bathrooms in schools and transgender participation in girls’ sports, the woke ecosystem now wants 16-year-olds to be legally free to have consensual sex.

The matter has reached the Supreme Court, which is set to hear in about 15 days a petition seeking to lower the age of consent from 18 to 16. At present, any sexual activity between adults and adolescents under 18 or even consensual sex between teenagers is criminalised under Section 2(d) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), 2012.

Supporters of lowering the age of consent argue that the current law unfairly criminalises consensual adolescent relationships,........

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