Five-judge Constitution bench refuses to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages.

Apex court emphasized that the matter of same-sex marriage legalization falls within the domain of the Indian Parliament and called for a change in the Special Marriage Act.

While Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul took a stand in favor of the pleas, Justices S Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli, and P S Narasimha expressed their dissent by rejecting them.

Queer is a natural phenomenon known to India from ages. It is neither urban or elitist: Justice D Y Chandrachud

Incorrect to state that marriage is a static and unchanging institution: D Y Chandrachud

Law cannot assume that only heterosexual couples can be good parents. CARA Regulation 5(3) indirectly discriminates against atypical unions. A queer person can adopt only in an individual capacity: DY Chandrachud