same sex marriage

The Centre will be forming a committee headed by Cabinet Secretary to explore steps to address issues raised by LGBTQIA+ community.

Jain Acharya Shiv Muni has written to President Draupadi Murmu raising strong objections against the attempts to legalise same-sex marriages in India

The signatories included ex-CAG Rajiv Mehrishi, ex-Home Secretary L C Goyal, former RAW chief Sanjeev Tripathi, Justice (retired) S N Dhingra and Justice (retired) Lok Pal Singh.

Given the recent arguments about gender, privacy, and sexual autonomy in the Indian Supreme Court, petitions seeking legal sanction for incest are not 'far-fetched' five years down the line.

The Supreme court also noted that there will be social requirements such as banking, insurance, admissions etc where the Centre will have to do something.

Giving a hypothetical situation, SG Mehta questioned what would happen if, five years down the line, someone approached the court and challenged provisions prohibiting incest.

SG Mehta said if the apex court was inclined to recognise same-sex marriage, it might need to take into account 72 different categories of sexual orientation that are claimed to exist.

In the resolution, the Hindu organisation said it was highly disturbed by the tearing hurry with which the Supreme Court of India has taken up to decide on the issue of recognition of same-sex marriage.

Bar Council of India showed great anxiety and serious concern over a batch of petitions currently examined by the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court pertaining to 'marriage equality rights for LGBTQAI+ community'.

As per documented history, BCI said ever since the inception of human civilization and culture, marriage has been typically accepted and categorized as a union of biological man and woman for the twin purpose of procreation and recreation.