Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Verdict: The petitions argued that marriage brings with it several rights, privileges, and obligations that are “bestowed and protected by the law”.
The case gives the Supreme Court a golden opportunity to extend its protections to the lowest rungs of the society, for whom the protections conferred in Navtej Johar have remained mere abstractions so far.
Some of us see dead people in attendance to these proceedings. They represent oppression and indignity in different times, spaces and settings of society.
During yesterday's hearing, the NCPCR told the Court that there is no legal recognition of same-sex marriage and that only heterosexual marriages provide stability for children.