Same-Sex Marriage: In a significant development, two young women from Jalandhar, Punjab, have made headlines by entering into a same-sex marriage at Gurdwara Sahib in Kharar. Following their union, the couple approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking protection due to threats and opposition from their respective families.
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
Same-sex amrriage case: The crucial case will decide the fate of marital and allied rights for lesbian and gay couples in the 1.4 billion-democratic country.
Supreme Court same-sex marriage hearing pleas LIVE: The Supreme Court hearing for legal recognition of same-sex marriage will continue for a second day on Wednesday. A five-judge Constitution Bench is hearing a batch of petitions on the issue. The petitioners are seeking the provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, to read marriage as between “spouse” instead of “man and woman". On day one of the hearing, the Centre argued that the idea of marriage is limited to the union between a biological male and a biological female. It also raised questions on whether the debate surrounding same-sex marriage should be in the domain of the Parliament and not the judiciary. Responding to the Centre's argument, the top court said that there was no "absolute concept of a man or an absolute concept of a woman" and that gender was "far more complex" than one's genitals. The five-judge bench said they wanted to "steer clear of personal laws" at the