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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted that the issue is of “genuine human concern,” and the government is ready to hold discussions on what can be done administratively.

On day 6 of the hearing, the Supreme Court asked the Union government what it plans to do to ensure the social security and welfare of couples in legally recognised cohabitation other than marriage.

Tushar Mehta opened his arguments by saying that it was a “complex subject having profound effects,” and repeated the Union government’s stand that the court should leave the matter to the Parliament.

On Day 4 of hearing, advocates Geetha Luthra, Jayna Kothari, Anand Grover, Menaka Guruswamy, Saurabh Kirpal, and Vrinda Grover made submissions on topics ranging from the Foreign Marriage Act to natal family violence.

The discussions on the third day of the hearing revolved around upgrading the definition of marriage in Indian law, adoption rights, marital rape, and more.

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.

Addressing the Union government’s argument that marriage is "socially, culturally, and legally ingrained", advocate AM Singhvi said the government failed to note that the SMA was created as an alternative to socially ingrained concepts of marriage.

Supreme Court has started hearing arguments on the validation of same-sex marriages in India

CJI Chandrachud took note of the argument that while the LGBTQIA+ community is entitled to make their own choices on one hand, they are denied access to marriage, taking away from their dignity and sense of equality.

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