Tushar Mehta opened his arguments by saying that it was a “complex subject having profound effects,” and repeated the Union government’s stand that the court should leave the matter to the Parliament.
The Supreme Court in recent years has struck down a ban on consensual gay sex. A ruling in favor of legalizing gay unions would make India an outlier in Asia.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought for a response from Union of India and CBSE on an Application filed by a transgender man who is seeking for a change of his name and photograph in his school .