NEW DELHI, March 17 — India’s top court on Monday referred petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriages to a larger, constitutional bench next month, a day after...
NEW DELHI, March 17 — India’s top court on Monday referred petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriages to a larger, constitutional bench next month, a day after the government said it opposed the unions.
Its submission said that “any interference... would cause a complete havoc with the delicate balance of personal laws in the country and in accepted societal values”. “We remain very hopeful... We are very pleased that this matter has gone to a constitutional bench as we consider it to be an issue of fundamental and constitutional rights,” said Niharika Karanjawala, a lawyer representing one of the petitioners.
But rights for the LGBTQ community remain a sensitive subject in largely conservative and deeply religious Indian society.
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