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Announcing the memorial hall, CM Stalin recalled that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was enacted based on the Elayaperumal Commission report from 1969.

The five members of the Constitution Bench hearing the landmark case are all from DU’s Campus Law Centre. Here are some more details about them

In the marriage equality case before the Supreme Court, some petitioners have challenged the provisions of the Special Marriage Act 1954 which require parties intending marriage to give advance notice...

On the contention against homosexual couples raising children, CJI Chandrachud noted that "there are no absolutes" as he questioned the impact of domestic violence on children of a heterosexual couple.

Yesterday, the hearing began on a heated note with the government saying that it will re-examine whether to participate in the proceedings or not.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said he has written to all the Chief Secretaries that the hearing is in progress, since marriage is on the concurrent list. Both the Union and state governments have power to consider matters under the concurrent list.

The Supreme Court has started hearing a clutch of petitions asking for same-sex marriages.

Centre apprised the SC that the Union of India, has issued a letter dated April 18 2023 to all States inviting comments and views on the seminal issue raised in the present batch of petitions.

A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud begins hearing a batch of petitions.