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 …
The Indian Psychiatric Society on Sunday issued a statement mentioning the positive impact of legalisation of same-sex marriage on the mental health of individuals on the LGBTQIA spectrum. The statement issued by the IPS is based on scientific research conducted in countries like the U.K., the U.S.A., the Netherlands, and Taiwan, where same-sex marriage and adoption by LGBTQIA couples has …
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 …
An NGO namely Sewa Nyaya Utthan Foundation has moved the Delhi High Court seeking to intervene in the plea filed for registration of marriages of LGBTQIA couples under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956.At he outset, the application filed through Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha states that approval with regards to same sex marriage under Hindu Marriage Act and not in other …
