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Yesterday, the Court posed questions on the ramifications of recognising same-sex marriage and its effect on personal laws that govern issues of succession, adoption and inheritance.

The five-judge Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud is hearing petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriages through rewording of the Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954.

"The right to marry does not include the right to compel the State to create a new definition of marriage. Only the Parliament is competent to do this and, therefore, this is a matter best left for it to decide,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued.

During the previous hearing, the Supreme Court bemoaned the fact that answers to its queries and comments to counsel were being delivered on social media.

While Justices Joseph, Bose and Ravikumar wrote the majority opinion, Justices Rastogi and Roy dissented, opining that unstamped arbitration agreements are valid.

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, answered the reference, which pertains to the issue - whether the arbitration clause in a contract, which is required to be registered and...

The Supreme Court begins hearing the requests seeking to legalise same-sex marriages, a petition that the Centre is vehemently opposing.

If the central government has not debated marriage in the parliament despite private members’ bills, how likely is that happening anytime soon?

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked how it can interfere in petitions relating to marriage equality and how far it can go to deal with the issue.