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Hearing is going on for the sixth day in the Supreme Court on 20 petitions seeking recognition of same sex marriage. During this, the SG argued in favor of the Center that those demanding recognition of same-sex marriages want the Special Marriage Act to be rewritten.
SG said- The petitioners are looking after their needs. Can an Act be such that on the one hand it applies to heterosexuals and on the other hand to homosexuals? It can’t make any sense.
The hearing is being conducted by a constitutional bench of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul, Justice Ravindra Bhat, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Hima Kohli.
Rijiju said – Supreme Court is not a platform to take decisions on behalf of the public
At an event on Wednesday, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the issue of same-sex marriage recognition should be left to Parliament. Courts are not the right platform to deal with such cases. The Supreme Court can only remove the loopholes, but cannot take decisions that affect every citizen of the country. Because if people do not want then things cannot be imposed.
30 LGBTQI groups protest against Bar Council
Meanwhile, over 600 students from law schools across India and over 30 LGBTQIA+ groups condemned the Bar Council of India’s statements amid the hearing on same-sex marriage recognition. All these BCI statements have been described as bizarre and supremacist.
The Bar Council had said that 99% people are against the recognition of same sex marriage. That’s why the Supreme Court should leave the task of making laws to the Parliament.
News related to the last 5 hearings in this case…
Fifth day hearing – Center’s reply cannot be forced to write a new definition of marriage
The fifth day of hearing has been completed in the Supreme Court on 20 petitions seeking recognition of same sex marriage. During this, a petitioner said that by not recognizing same sex marriage, you are depriving the children of LGBTQ couples from parenthood. Read full news…
Hearing on the fourth day- The petitioner said – it is recognized in 12 G-20 countries, we cannot lag behind
During the hearing on the fourth day, the petitioners said that 34 countries of the world have recognized same sex marriage. These also include 12 countries of the G-20. We should not lag behind in this matter. The petitioner said that the Parliament has not given any positive response in 5 years regarding the rights of LGBT. Read the full news…
Hearing on the third day- CJI asked- Is it necessary to have 2 different gender partners for marriage?
For the third consecutive day, the hearing lasted for about 4 hours. Amidst the arguments given by the petitioners, the Supreme Court asked whether it is necessary for an institution like marriage to have partners of two different genders? While concluding the hearing, CJI Chandrachud named 13 lawyers to argue further. Read full news…
Hearing of the second day – the petitioner said – the status of marriage gives financial support and security
During the second day of hearing on Wednesday on 20 petitions seeking legal recognition of same sex marriage, the CJI said that the government does not have the data to prove that same sex marriage is an elite class concept. Read full news…
First day’s hearing – The government said – there should be no hearing on the matter; CJI said – exercise for the next generations
Opposing the recognition of same sex, the central government said that we are getting entangled in this matter. We are saying that the matter should not be heard at all. This is a very sensitive issue. On this, the court said that the exercise of hearing is being done for generations to come. The court and Parliament will decide on this later. Read full news…