Lawyer Utkarsh Saxena and his partner Ananya Koti have filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against the judgment in Supriyo v. Union of India which refused to legalise same-sex marriages. They.
"There is a degree of agreement and a degree of disagreement on how far we have to go," remarked CJI DY Chandrachud as he commenced the pronouncement of the judgement denying the grant of legal.
The arguments for and against marriage equality in court highlight how our citizenship is heavily mediated by the heteronormative ideal of a family, which has historically been used as a tool to buttress patriarchal authority.
The five-judge Supreme Court Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud concluded the hearing in the petitions on May 11, and reserved the matter for judgement.
Solicitor-General for India Tushar Mehta on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that only seven states had responded to central government’s April 18 letter inviting comments and views on the ‘seminal.