In its intervention application at the Supreme Court, the NCPCR claimed there are studies showing that adopted children of same-sex couples get affected socially and psychologically.
In a statement released on April 3, the Indian Psychiatric Society said that discrimination of LGBTQIA+ individuals might lead to mental health issues.
Updated Feb 26, 2021 · 12:41 am Representative image. | Sajjad Hussain/AFP
The Centre on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that in spite of decriminalisation of homosexuality under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, same-sex marriage was not a fundamental right in the country,
Bar and Bench reported. In an affidavit on a batch of petitions on the matter, the Centre also submitted that a same-sex couple living together as partners and having a sexual relationship was not comparable with an “Indian family unit”.
A bench of Justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Amit Bansal had asked the Centre to file its response against three petitions seeking recognition of same-sex marriages under the Special Marriage Act, Hindu Marriage Act and Foreign Marriage Act. On Thursday, four more people from the LGBTIQ community approached the Delhi High Court seeking similar provisions, according to PTI.