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The Centre today urged the Supreme Court that all states and Union Territories be made parties to the proceedings on the pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages.

NEW DELHI — The Centre has requested the Supreme Court to join all states and Union Territories (UTs) as a party in the ongoing hearing on petitions seeking legal sanction to same-sex marriages. READ: Will not go into personal laws, says SC while hearing pleas for legal validation for same-sex marriages The Centre, in an affidavit, said: “The Union of India, reiterates its request to join all states and Union Territories as a party to the present case, invite the views of the various sta...

New Delhi, April 19: The Centre has requested the Supreme Court to join all states and Union Territories (UTs) as a party in the ongoing hearing on petitions seeking legal sanction to same-sex marriages.

Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi called for making terms in the Special Marriage Act gender-neutral so as to pave the way for recognition of same-sex marriage.

It’s no longer news that President Muhammadu Buhari, recently signed into law 16 Constitution Amendment Bills out of 35 of such Bills transmitted to him

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, that the nature and tenability of the preliminary objection will depend on the canvass the petitioners open up and the court wants to have a view of their argument.

You cannot dictate how we will conduct the proceedings, says CJI

The Centre has told the apex court that recognition of marriage is essentially a legislative function which the courts should refrain from deciding & that legal validation for it will

The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages.

The laws should be reformed to address poverty and ensure the rehabilitation of those with few means to survive.