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A constitution bench of Supreme Court will continue hearing batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriage in India.On the first day of the hearings in the batch of petitions...

Supreme Court same-sex marriage hearing pleas LIVE: The Supreme Court hearing for legal recognition of same-sex marriage will continue for a second day on Wednesday. A five-judge Constitution Bench is hearing a batch of petitions on the issue. The petitioners are seeking the provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, to read marriage as between “spouse” instead of “man and woman". On day one of the hearing, the Centre argued that the idea of marriage is limited to the union between...

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.

Justice DY Chandrachud is the 50th Chief Justice of India and is currently heading the Constitution Bench hearing petitions on same-sex marriage.

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The five-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, said that it was better to proceed “incrementally” than to deal with all the laws together.

CJI further noted that the state cannot discriminate against an individual on the basis of a characteristic over which the individual does not have control.

The government had earlier said that the petitioners seeking recognition of same-sex marriages, represent urban elitist views.

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