Same-Sex Marriage/Marriage Equality- Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES - DAY-9

ASG Bhati: Welfare of child is paramount and cannot be opened for even an iota of compromise and uncertainty.

ASG Bhati: Gender fluidity cannot be permitted in areas where cis gender is core.

ASG Bhati: When your lordships recognised transgenders as third gender in NALSA, your lordships did not retrofit the two existing genders. You identified them as a third gender.

ASG Bhati: Ignoring rationale of valid classification amounts to perpetuating inequality. I've given examples of areas specifically for women. If these spaces are diluted then what will be lost is cause of women's equality and empowerment.

ASG Bhati: First I've submitted that there is a basic structure of marriage and that is a union of man and woman. Second, gender fluidity is impermissible where cis gender is core.

ASG Bhati: Though the application is filed by NCPCR, a lot of reliance was also placed on ministries and CARA. So your lordships may see this as a comprehensive submission.