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Shockingly, even some of her LGBTQIA colleagues in the film industry distanced themselves from her, fearing exposure of their identities.
The court was hearing an appeal filed by man convicted of murdering and raping a woman. The court ruled that raping the dead body of a woman will not fall under ambit of rape or unnatural offences under IPC.
Meghwal, who is now at the helm of the Law Ministry, has not previously held a cabinet rank.
Spread over 10 days, a galaxy of India’s top lawyers argued on the batch of petitions seeking legal sanction to same-sex marriage.
Arguing against the granting of equal marriage rights to LGBTQIA+, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta raised a question in the court that if such permission was granted, in the case of separation, who would be considered the wife in a same-sex marriage and thus eligible for maintenance?