Same Sex Marriage

January 01, 2024

'A case is never personal to a judge,' says CJI on notable Supreme Court verdicts in 2023

DY Chandrachud has refused to respond to criticism over judgements on scrapping Article 370 and same-sex marriage.

October 17, 2023
Kerala’s LGBTQIA community dejected with SC verdict on same-sex marriage

The SC refused to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act, ruling that it is within the Parliament's ambit to change the law to validate such union.
October 17, 2023
Priests at Bathinda gurdwara disqualified by Akal Takht for performing same-sex wedding

The decision was announced by the Jathedar of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal body of the Sikhs.
October 17, 2023
No legal status to same-sex marriage; SC asks Centre to amend Special Marriage Act

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud had on May 11 reserved its verdict on the pleas after a marathon hearing of 10 days.
May 10, 2023
Same sex marriage: Individual can adopt child even if capable of biological birth, says SC

In its submission to the apex court, which is hearing pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages, child rights body NCPCR argued that the concept of gender may be fluid but not mother and motherhood.
May 09, 2023
Concept of marriage has evolved, says SC on same sex marriage

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, while hearing arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriage, said it would be "far-fetched" to argue that there is no right to marry under the Constitution, which itself is a "tradition breaker".
May 05, 2023
Kerala Syro-Malabar Church opposes legal validation sought for same-sex marriages

The church said giving legal validation for such relationships is unnatural and an injustice to the family system that exists in the country.

Same Sex Marriage

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Kerala’s LGBTQIA community dejected with SC verdict on same-sex marriage

Priests at Bathinda gurdwara disqualified by Akal Takht for performing same-sex wedding

No legal status to same-sex marriage; SC asks Centre to amend Special Marriage Act

Same sex marriage: Individual can adopt child even if capable of biological birth, says SC

Concept of marriage has evolved, says SC on same sex marriage

Kerala Syro-Malabar Church opposes legal validation sought for same-sex marriages

Centre to set up panel to explore administrative steps to address concerns of same-sex couples

Special Marriage Act: 2-judge SC bench may hear challenge to notice provision

Centre requests SC to consider leaving questions raised in same sex marriage pleas to Parliament