Marriage equality: SC to examine only SMA, avoid personal laws
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.
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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.
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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