The parents, who belong to a group called Sweekar-The Rainbow parents, wrote to CJI requesting him to legalise same-sex marriage for their LGBTQ children. , India News, Times Now
The BCI stressed that a matter having such a far-reaching impact on our socio-cultural and religious beliefs should necessarily come through a legislative process only.
Stating that the legislature was “truly reflective of the will of the people” and best suited to deal with the issue, the BCI said, “More than 99.9% of people of the country are opposed to the idea of same-sex marriage in a country.
Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said: “…Is the existence of two spouses who belong to a binary gender necessary for the requirement of marriage or has our law now progressed sufficiently to contemplate that the existence of binary genders, maybe, is not necessary for your definition of marriage.”