Supreme Court: The government should find a means to offer same-sex couples basic social rights such as opening joint bank accounts or naming a partner in insurance policies, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, appearing to acknowledge that legalising gay marriage is a matter for lawmakers. Considering a batch of appeals for the recognition and protection of same-sex marriages, the court has been hearing petitioners who have contended that denying them the right to marry infringed their fundamental rights and resulted in discrimination and exclusion.
The court asked the government to look into how it may handle some of these difficulties
The court asked the government to look into how it may handle some of these difficulties without granting marital status to same-sex couples, and asked the Solicitor General to respond by Wednesday. “We take your point that if we enter this arena, it will be a legislative arena.” So, what’s next? What does the government intend to do about ‘cohabitory’ relationships? And how is a sense of security and social well-being created? And how can we ensure that such relationships are not shunned?” DY Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India, stated.
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The administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rejected numerous requests
The administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rejected numerous requests, including from gay couples, claiming that such marriages are not “comparable with the Indian family unit concept of a husband, a wife, and children.” The remark came a day after Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju stated that the topic of same-sex marriage should be debated in parliament rather than in a court of law. He did, however, clarify that he does not want to turn the situation into a “government versus judiciary” one.
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