Allyship, representation and queer pride
3 years, 5 months ago

Allyship, representation and queer pride

New Indian Express  

Similarly, within the ambits of our legal system, advocates Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy are arguing a case to legalise same-sex marriage in India. The petition however, stops with same-sex two-partner unions—not recognising that gender non-confirming or non-binary people are left out of its ambit, while transpersons are still struggling for recognition of their gender under the Transgender Persons Act, 2019. The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, whose current amendment has been approved by the Cabinet and is tabled in the Lok Sabha, for example, has extended its ambit from children and grandchildren to sons-in-law and daughters-in-law. Adding queer partners of children and grandchildren to the act would widen the scope of support for older persons.

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When it is a Queer Feeling
6 months ago

When it is a Queer Feeling

New Indian Express  

This year, Thailand legalised same-sex marriage—the third Asian country after Taiwan and Nepal to allow it. The Gurugram couple got engaged last year but doesn’t want to go to countries like Thailand to tie the knot. As other Asian countries make strides in accepting queer love, Indian daters from the LGBTQAI+ community, share the ins and outs of queer dating …

UCC Bill ‘introduces moral policing, criminalises autonomy’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

UCC Bill ‘introduces moral policing, criminalises autonomy’

The Hindu  

The Uniform Civil Code Bill passed by the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly criminalises constitutional behaviour among consenting adults such as live-in relationships, introduces moral policing and fails to address gender discriminatory practices in the personal laws of various religious communities including Hindus and Muslims, according to women’s groups in Uttarakhand. But it fails to ensure gender justice by not incorporating positive …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Legalising gay marriage: Societal shift takes time
1 year, 2 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Legalising gay marriage: Societal shift takes time

Deccan Chronicle  

The decision of a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court last week that it is not for the court to recognise the marital status of LGBTQ+ people, and that it is for Parliament and the state legislatures to make the necessary amendments to the Special Marriages Act, can be seen as a judicially informed decision, or as an expression of …

Marriage Equality Case : Conclusions & Directions Of Supreme Court Judgments
1 year, 2 months ago

Marriage Equality Case : Conclusions & Directions Of Supreme Court Judgments

Live Law  

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice PS Narasimha pronounced separate judgments.In terms of the reportable judgment, the Chief Justice of India issued following directions and conclusions:a. By recognizing a relationship in the form of marriage, the state grants material benefits exclusive to marriage; e. The State has an interest in …

Law and custom: On the Supreme Court’s verdict on same-sex marriage
1 year, 2 months ago

Law and custom: On the Supreme Court’s verdict on same-sex marriage

The Hindu  

​ The Supreme Court of India’s refusal to accord legal recognition to marriages between persons of the same sex is a huge legal setback to the queer community in the country. Given the progress in law in recent years and the deepening of the meaning of individual rights, there was widespread expectation that the five-judge Constitution Bench would give the …

Queer Couple on Same-sex Marriage Verdict: We have lost, yet we remain hopeful
1 year, 2 months ago

Queer Couple on Same-sex Marriage Verdict: We have lost, yet we remain hopeful

The Hindu  

Supriya Chakraborty, along with his partner Abhay Dang, a homosexual couple who met in Hyderabad in 2012, filed a petition seeking legal recognition of their marriage on November 14 last year and appeared at the first admission hearing on November 25 the same year. Eleven months later, responding to the final verdict, which was ruled unanimously against legalising same sex …

Same-sex marriage verdict: What are Supreme Court’s orders for Centre, states, police?
1 year, 2 months ago

Same-sex marriage verdict: What are Supreme Court’s orders for Centre, states, police?

Firstpost  

Highlighting that queerness is not an ‘urban or elitist concept’, CJI DY Chandrachud asked the Centre, states and UTs to ensure the queer community is not discriminated against because of their identity. A five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court on Tuesday rejected the petitions seeking marriage equality in a 3:2 verdict, with the dissenting judges saying that the right …

India’s Supreme Court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage
1 year, 2 months ago

India’s Supreme Court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage

Hindustan Times  

India’s Supreme Court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage India's top court on Tuesday declined to allow same-sex marriages in the country.. India's top court on Tuesday declined to allow same-sex marriages in the country. 1 / 10 India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to legalize same-sex marriages. 2 / 10 The five-judge Constitution bench comprised of the Chief Justice of …

At the heart of the same-sex marriage court battle is partners’ right to protect their families
1 year, 2 months ago

At the heart of the same-sex marriage court battle is partners’ right to protect their families

The Hindu  

Five judges of the Supreme Court will at 10.30 am on Tuesday pronounce its verdict on whether India can allow same-sex marriage, and at the heart of the case is the LGBTQIA+ community’s view that wedlock is the key to social acceptance and respect. “How do I protect my family otherwise?” senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy and advocate Arundhati Katju, lawyers …

Marriage Equality: How Indian media has depicted same-sex marriages
1 year, 2 months ago

Marriage Equality: How Indian media has depicted same-sex marriages

Hindustan Times  

In 2012, a New Indian Express article announced, “In UP, Gay Couple Get Marriage 'Registered' in Court.” The couple in question had had their marriage registered under the Hindu Marriage Act. For instance, a Times of India article dated February 24, 1988, describes the police constables Urmila and Leela’s “sensational marriage” as a “protest against society’s treatment of lonely and …

LGBTQIA+ Rights In India: Struggles, Progress, And The Road Ahead
1 year, 3 months ago

LGBTQIA+ Rights In India: Struggles, Progress, And The Road Ahead

Live Law  

Article 15 of the Indian Constitution stands as a beacon of hope, vowing equality and protection against discrimination on diverse grounds, including sex. Despite India's rich shade of gender and sexual diversity, the draconian grip of colonial- era Section 377 cast a shadow, stifling genuine expression The struggles of the LGBTQIA community are multifaceted, encompassing social ostracism, exclusion from introductory …

Sri Lanka queer community awaits top court decision on decriminalisation of homosexuality
1 year, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka queer community awaits top court decision on decriminalisation of homosexuality

The Hindu  

When members of Sri Lanka’s LGBTQIA+ community took out one of their biggest pride rallies in a public space — the Colombo seafront — in June last year, the country was already witnessing history unfold. The changes in the country since may not have been what many in the citizens’ uprising hoped to see — an electorally defeated politician becoming …

Anita Anand | Imagining a new form of marriage in India: It has to start with a law
1 year, 7 months ago

Anita Anand | Imagining a new form of marriage in India: It has to start with a law

Deccan Chronicle  

Imagine a nuclear family in India: Mother, father, and children. Over the last decade, acceptance of homosexuality has grown in India, especially since the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality in 2018, with a ruling that legalised consenting gay sex. The government argues that while the right to love and cohabit is a fundamental right, but marriage itself is “not an absolute …

Marriage Equality Petitions | Indian Culture Extraordinarily Inclusive, British Victorian Morality Code Was Imposed On Us: CJI DY Chandrachud
1 year, 7 months ago

Marriage Equality Petitions | Indian Culture Extraordinarily Inclusive, British Victorian Morality Code Was Imposed On Us: CJI DY Chandrachud

Live Law  

While hearing the marriage equality petitions on Thursday, CJI DY Chandrachud orally remarked that Indian culture was "extraordinarily inclusive" and it was due to the impact of the British Victorian morality that Indians had to foresake their cultural ethos and become exclusionary of queer individuals. A constitution bench comprising the Chief Justice as well as Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S …

Same-sex marriage hearing LIVE: SC seeks govt response on grant of social benefits by May 3
1 year, 7 months ago

Same-sex marriage hearing LIVE: SC seeks govt response on grant of social benefits by May 3

Live Mint  

The legal recognition of same-sex marriage in India is currently being discussed in a batch of petitions, presently being heard by a constitution bench of the Supreme Court on April 27. SC asks Centre to respond on possible social benefits by May 3 SC asks Centre to come back on May 3 with its response on the social benefits that …

Same-Sex Marriage: 'Give Me Some Logic', 'All Boys Club' — Queer Rights Lawyers, Activists React To BCI Resolution
1 year, 7 months ago

Same-Sex Marriage: 'Give Me Some Logic', 'All Boys Club' — Queer Rights Lawyers, Activists React To BCI Resolution

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Bar Council of India has moved a resolution claiming that "more than 99.9% of people of the country are opposed to 'the idea of same-sex marriage". “If the Bar Council of India believes that 99.9 per cent of India does not share the view of petitioners in the case of marriage equality and if the BCI believes …

SC’s haste is clearly an effort to encroach onto powers of Parliament: VHP on same-sex marriage
1 year, 7 months ago

SC’s haste is clearly an effort to encroach onto powers of Parliament: VHP on same-sex marriage

The Hindu  

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s legal cell passed a resolution against same-sex marriage saying the “tearing hurry” with which the Supreme Court is hearing petitions for legal recognition of such unions is not appropriate. The VHP said it believes that there is no grave urgency to decide and determine the case related to same-sex marriage, when the country is still facing …

Same sex marriage: Govt cites ‘dignity, culture’ in opposing legalisation
1 year, 8 months ago

Same sex marriage: Govt cites ‘dignity, culture’ in opposing legalisation

Live Mint  

As, India patiently waits for a decision, the historic hearing for legalising same-sex marriage in India in the Supreme Court concluded it's second day. The Supreme Court on the second day of the hearing was urged by the Indian government to use it's ‘plenary powers, prestige and moral authority' in taking a decision on legalising same-sex marriage. Here are 10 …

Five years after Section 377 landmark, queer community hopes for an epoch
1 year, 8 months ago

Five years after Section 377 landmark, queer community hopes for an epoch

Hindustan Times  

Like most things in India, it began at a wedding. “Runaway LBI women and trans persons often wish to marry each other and are seeking to secure some legal and social legitimacy for their relationship, particularly given the hostility, threat and violence that is inflicted on them not only by society at large but specifically from family members, opposed to …

Queer couple dreaming of a baraat in rural north India ask how marriage equality is an ‘urban elitist’ matter
1 year, 8 months ago

Queer couple dreaming of a baraat in rural north India ask how marriage equality is an ‘urban elitist’ matter

The Hindu  

Among the 20 petitioners seeking legalisation of same-sex marriage by the Supreme Court are a couple who say their lives are proof against the Centre’s stance that the petition reflects “urban elitist views”. “On various occasions, they would tell me that if I can’t bring a baraat to their doorsteps for their daughter, then I should stop wasting Bhawna’s time …

Same-sex marriage is a demand for dignity
1 year, 8 months ago

Same-sex marriage is a demand for dignity

Hindustan Times  

On September 6, 2018, when the Supreme Court read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and decriminalised the lives of countless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual people, I was in the courtroom. In Puttaswamy vs Union of India, the apex court held that the sanctity of marriage, the liberty of procreation, the choice of family …

Explained | What is India’s stand on same-sex marriage?
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | What is India’s stand on same-sex marriage?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On March 13, a Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. The Courts, leaning on Article 21 that guarantees the right to life and liberty, have time and again ruled in favour of inter-faith and inter-caste marriages, directing the police and other rights organisations to give them protection when they were threatened by parents or …

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why will same-sex unions pose threat to our society?
1 year, 9 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Why will same-sex unions pose threat to our society?

Deccan Chronicle  

Aspirational India is on the global stage. This week, that niggling question became a headline-grabber once again as the Supreme Court heard arguments from a bunch of petitioners seeking legal validation of same-sex marriages in India, and the Government of India’s counterarguments. Neither is metropolitan India a stranger to “pride parades” -- outdoor events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and …

Same-sex marriages will wreak havoc: Govt in SC
1 year, 9 months ago

Same-sex marriages will wreak havoc: Govt in SC

Hindustan Times  

Legal validation of same-sex marital unions will cause “complete havoc” with the delicate balance of personal laws in the country and in accepted societal values, the Union government told the Supreme Court in an affidavit filed on Sunday, adding that the legislative policy in India recognises marriage as a bond only between a biological man and a biological woman. HT …

Why The Workplace Sexual Harassment Law In India Is Focused On Women?
1 year, 9 months ago

Why The Workplace Sexual Harassment Law In India Is Focused On Women?

Live Law  

At outset, I would like to clarify the nowhere the article is in denial of the fact that individuals not assigned female sex at birth and those who do not identify themselves as women are not victims of workplace sexual harassment. However, the article is an attempt to explain reasons for India having a workplace sexual harassment law for women. …

MNLU Mumbai: Colloquium On ‘Gender Justice & Human Rights: Deciphering The Social And Legal Implications Of Same Sex Marriage In India’ [18th March]
1 year, 9 months ago

MNLU Mumbai: Colloquium On ‘Gender Justice & Human Rights: Deciphering The Social And Legal Implications Of Same Sex Marriage In India’ [18th March]

Live Law  

About Maharashtra National law University MNLU Mumbai established under the Maharashtra National Law University Act 2014 on 20th March 2014, is one of the premier National Law Universities in India. Chandrachud, Supreme Court of India and the Chancellor, MNLU Mumbai, and Prof. Dilip Ukey, Vice Chancellor, MNLU Mumbai, the University has established CWCRGJ, inaugurated by Hon'ble Member of Parliament Mrs. …

Indian gay couples begin legal battle for same-sex marriage
1 year, 10 months ago

Indian gay couples begin legal battle for same-sex marriage

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Utkarsh Saxena and Ananya Kotia’s love story began just like any other college romance. If legalized, India would become the second economy in Asia after Taiwan to recognize same-sex marriage, a significant right for the country’s LGBTQ community more than four years after the top court decriminalized gay sex. A favorable ruling would also make India the …

Gay couples in India take their fight for marriage equality to the Supreme Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Gay couples in India take their fight for marriage equality to the Supreme Court

LA Times  

Utkarsh Saxena, left, and his partner, Ananya Kotia, have filed a petition with India’s Supreme Court seeking the legalization of same-sex marriage. A ruling for marriage equality would also make India the world’s biggest democracy with such a right for LGBTQ couples but would run counter to the ruling Hindu nationalist government’s position, which opposes same-sex marriages. The decision was …

In India, couples begin their legal battle for same-sex marriage
1 year, 10 months ago

In India, couples begin their legal battle for same-sex marriage

NPR  

In India, couples begin their legal battle for same-sex marriage Enlarge this image toggle caption Altaf Qadri/AP Altaf Qadri/AP NEW DELHI — Utkarsh Saxena and Ananya Kotia's love story began just like any other college romance. If legalized, India would become the second economy in Asia after Taiwan to recognize same-sex marriage, a significant right for the country's LGBTQ community …

Same Sex Marriage:The Current Conflict And The Way Forward
1 year, 11 months ago

Same Sex Marriage:The Current Conflict And The Way Forward

Live Law  

There is again a field ready for a confrontation between the government and the LGBTQIA+community as four gay couples have petitioned India's Supreme Court to allow same-sex marriages.The Supreme Court has given the government until January 6,2023 to respond. Barring Of The Same Sex Marriage: A Violation Of The Fundamental Rights It was inevitable that same-sex couples would soon knock …

Will India legalize same-sex marriage?
2 years ago

Will India legalize same-sex marriage?

Hindustan Times  

Four years after India's Supreme Court struck down a colonial-era law that had made homosexuality a criminal offense, it has now given the government a month to respond to petitions seeking recognition of same-sex marriage. Although homosexuality is no longer illegal in India, same-sex couples cannot marry Last week, the apex court headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud heard …

Four women 'rape' a man in Jalandhar: Gender-neutral laws are crying need of hour
2 years ago

Four women 'rape' a man in Jalandhar: Gender-neutral laws are crying need of hour

Firstpost  

While India’s rape laws have undergone changes over the past few decades – they still continue to regressively espouse patriarchal structures. The need is for gender-neutral rape laws that stand for equality and dignity of men, transgender and homosexual persons to be protected, alongside women Minutes after I got off a show on a leading English news channel about intimate …

Amendment to police rules against harassing LGBTQIA+
2 years, 10 months ago

Amendment to police rules against harassing LGBTQIA+

The Hindu  

The State government has amended the Tamil Nadu Subordinate Police Officers’ Conduct Rules to include a provision, directing police officers against indulging in any act of harassment of persons belonging to the LGBTQIA + Community. A recent amendment to the said rules included a new provision as Rule 24-C as per which, “No police officer shall indulge in any act …

Indian gay couple wed despite uncertainty over gay marriage
3 years ago

Indian gay couple wed despite uncertainty over gay marriage

Associated Press  

HYDERABAD, India — In a first for the southern Indian state of Telangana, two men celebrated their same-sex union with a wedding ceremony on Saturday. Abhay Dange and Supriya Chakraborty wore white tuxes, exchanged rings on a lavish marquee in what they called a “promising ceremony” and called each other “soul mates”, reported local media. While India struck down a …

Same-sex marriage: social attitudes rooted in conservatism
3 years ago

Same-sex marriage: social attitudes rooted in conservatism

The Hindu  

IT is three years since homosexuality was decriminalised in India, but public morality around same-sex relationships continues to be a thorny issue. During the hearing of the plea, Joydeep and Russell’s Advocate, Karuna Nundy, reasoned that since Section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, does not distinguish between heterosexual, same-sex or queer spouses, a person married to an overseas citizen …

Will 30 November be the D-Day for LGBTQ+ Indians?
3 years, 1 month ago

Will 30 November be the D-Day for LGBTQ+ Indians?

Live Mint  

The Delhi High Court on Monday listed for final hearing separate pleas, including by two same-sex couples, seeking a declaration recognizing same-sex marriages under the special, Hindu, and foreign marriage laws. In the first petition, Abhijit Iyer Mitra and three others have contended that same-sex marriages are not possible despite the Supreme Court's decriminalising consensual homosexual acts and sought a …

Delhi HC fixes for final hearing pleas to recognise same-sex marriages under law
3 years, 1 month ago

Delhi HC fixes for final hearing pleas to recognise same-sex marriages under law

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court Monday listed for final hearing separate pleas, including by two same sex couples, seeking a declaration recognising same sex marriages under the special, Hindu and foreign marriage laws. In the first petition, Abhijit Iyer Mitra and three others have contended that same-sex marriages are not possible despite the Supreme Court's decriminalising consensual homosexual acts and sought …

Examining A Sexual Harassment Complaint
3 years, 2 months ago

Examining A Sexual Harassment Complaint

Live Law  

The foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world roots from the recognition of inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all the members of the human family. showing pornography; or v. any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature; This progressive POSH Act, provides for protection and redressal of complaints of sexual …

'Men's Lives Matter': Law Students Move Supreme Court Seeking 'Gender Neutral' Provisions On Sexual Offences
3 years, 4 months ago

'Men's Lives Matter': Law Students Move Supreme Court Seeking 'Gender Neutral' Provisions On Sexual Offences

Live Law  

Two law students have moved the Supreme Court seeking directions for reconsideration and amendment of provisions under the Indian Penal Code relating to sexual offences against women, to make them 'gender neutral'. Saying that "Men's Lives Matter", the petitioners have sought directions to reconsider the laws for offences against women under IPC including Sexual Harassment Rape criminal intimidation Insulting the …

Can India's Supreme Court Ride out the Pegasus Scandal?
3 years, 5 months ago

Can India's Supreme Court Ride out the Pegasus Scandal?

The Quint  

Bhanwari’s tears ensured that the cry of India’s women for a safe workplace reverberated in India’s highest Court. The Court did not disappoint and its landmark guidelines on addressing sexual harassment at the workplace laid down in Vishakha’s Case ensured that an issue, hitherto brushed under the carpet, was mainstreamed into India’s public life. The Court had exercised its inherent …

Same sex marriage: HC seeks Centre's response on plea to allow foreign-origin spouse to apply for OC
3 years, 5 months ago

Same sex marriage: HC seeks Centre's response on plea to allow foreign-origin spouse to apply for OC

India TV News  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response from the Centre and the Consulate General of India, New York, on a petition to allow a foreign-origin spouse of an Overseas Citizen of India cardholder to apply for OCI registration regardless of gender or sexual orientation. “The petition seeks that the Foreign Marriage Act and Special Marriage Act be read in …

Sushant Divgikar: There’s deep rooted homophobia in many institutions in India
3 years, 9 months ago

Sushant Divgikar: There’s deep rooted homophobia in many institutions in India

Hindustan Times  

“Do you think the LGBTQ community is only interested in sex?” asks LGBTQI activist Sushant Divgikar, saying that’s one question he has been wondering ever since he heard about the Centre’s response to Delhi High Court on same-sex marriage. Last week, the Centre told the Delhi HC that there’s no fundamental right to seek recognition for same-sex marriage, stating that …

Same-sex marriages will cause havoc, Centre tells Delhi High Court
3 years, 9 months ago

Same-sex marriages will cause havoc, Centre tells Delhi High Court

The Hindu  

The Centre on Thursday opposed any changes to the existing laws on marriage to recognise same sex marriages, saying such interference would cause “a complete havoc with the delicate balance of personal laws in the country”. “Living together as partners and having sexual relationship by same sex individuals is not comparable with the Indian family unit concept of a husband, …

Same-Sex Couple Facing Discrimination:Allahabad High Court Calls It 'Stark Reality Of Society', Grants Them Protection
3 years, 10 months ago

Same-Sex Couple Facing Discrimination:Allahabad High Court Calls It 'Stark Reality Of Society', Grants Them Protection

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week granted protection to a homo-sexual couple who alleged before the Court that they are being threatened with violation of their rights enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India only on the ground of their sexual orientation. The Court also observed, "Constitutional Court is duty bound to monitor and observe the Constitutional morality …

Same-Gender Sexual Harassment Complaints Maintainable Under POSH Act : Calcutta High Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Same-Gender Sexual Harassment Complaints Maintainable Under POSH Act : Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

In a significant verdict, the Calcutta High Court has held that same-gender complaints are maintainable under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, commonly referred to as the POSH Act.The Court observed that Section 2 of the 2013 Act shows that the term "respondent" brings within its fold "a person", thereby including persons. In a significant verdict, the …

Mere Discrimination On Ground Of 'Sex' Without Sexual Undertones Not 'Sexual Harassment' Under POSH Act: Kerala High Court
4 years ago

Mere Discrimination On Ground Of 'Sex' Without Sexual Undertones Not 'Sexual Harassment' Under POSH Act: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has held that the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, does not contemplate a situation of discrimination on the basis of sex if there is no express or implied sexual advance, sexual undertone or unwelcome behaviour which has a sexual tone behind it The court observed that any form of sexual approach or behaviour …

Same-sex marriage demands gain steam in India
4 years, 2 months ago

Same-sex marriage demands gain steam in India

Deccan Chronicle  

The decriminalisation of Section 377 of the IPC in 2018 was a landmark judgment, favouring the Indian LGBTQI community, but it’s been two years since and the law still doesn’t permit same-sex couples to marry. Recently, Delhi High Court sought the response of the Centre and the Delhi Government after going through two separate pleas by two same-sex couples seeking …

For marriage ‘equality’ that is truly equal
4 years, 3 months ago

For marriage ‘equality’ that is truly equal

Hindustan Times  

Since January, a petition challenging the applicability of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, to heterosexuals has been pending in the Kerala High Court. The petitioners are two gay men — 35-year-old Nikesh PP and 31-year-old Sonu MS —who had a wedding ceremony in the parking lot of a temple in 2018, and then petitioned the court to have their marriage …

Same-sex Marriage Not Part of Indian Culture? Queer Community Says it's Next Step for their Rights
4 years, 3 months ago

Same-sex Marriage Not Part of Indian Culture? Queer Community Says it's Next Step for their Rights

News 18  

Mumbai: On Monday, during a PIL hearing for legalizing gay marriages in India, the solicitor general, Tushar Mehta, argued that “our laws, our legal system, our society, and our values do not recognize marriage, which is a sacrament, between same-sex couples”. “Many members of the LGBTQA+ community want the same marriage rights that heterosexual couples enjoy and denying same-sex couples …

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