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The five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India, D.Y Chandrachud continued the hearings centred around marriage equality, and gender rights.

The Centre on Wednesday apprised the Supreme Court that they will constitute a committee headed by the Union Cabinet Secretary to look into the issues faced by the LGBTQIA+ community.

The Attorney General of India informed the Supreme Court that the Special Marriage Act deals with inter-faith, inter-caste heterosexual marriages.

In a significant development in the issue of same-sex marriages, the Solicitor General of India informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the Central Government is agreeable to constituting a...

Constitution of India, 1950 - Constitution does not prohibit lawyers practicing in the Supreme Court to be appointed as a Judge of the High Court - in fact, the Supreme Court has given imprimatur to...

The Constitution Bench today sought to give an impression to the petitioners that its intention was to not leave them remediless in case the Court decides not to venture into the legislative domain.

On May 3, the Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench that the Government of India is agreeable to

The Centre on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it has agreeable to set up a committee to be headed by the cabinet secretary to examine the administrative steps it can take to address some of the concerns in connection with basic social benefits for same-sex couples. -- aaa

Supreme Court invoking special powers under Article 142 to grant divorce in irretrievable breakdown of marriage will help couples break through the legal impasse. But the real solution is for Parliament to reform marriage laws to make divorce less taxing and governments to improve capacity in backlogged family courts 

VHP Tripura chief Mahendrapal Singh said that the organisation will hold nationwide protests against the plea in Supreme Court.