While the petitioners have argued that LGBTQIA+ couples deserve the legal privileges bestowed by marriage as a part of their constitutional rights, the Centre and religious leaders opposed the same on a series of fronts
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”.
Same-Sex Marriage Hearing in Supreme Court of India: As the SC hears petitions to legalise same-sex marriage in India, it has said that it will avoid personal laws and look at the Special Marriage Act. The Chief Justice of India also clarified that the hearing’s scope would be limited to developing a notion of a ‘civil union’. What can we expect?