A constitution bench of the #SupremeCourt will continue hearing the batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for queer marriage in India.Follow here for live...
A constitution bench of the #SupremeCourt will continue hearing the batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for queer marriage in India.
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The bench has risen for the day. The hearings will resume on Tuesday, 9th May 2023.
Dwivedi: Let it evolve. Heterosexuals have reached here after ages. Since Navtej, it has only been four and a half years. Let there be more debate, more acceptance. Let the parliament feel more confident that something can be done.
Dwivedi: These are regulatory. But it is not limited to those who are inter faith. But they have a choice. And they don't depend on this. Form of marriage is also not prescribed under SMA.
Dwivedi: Let it evolve. Heterosexuals have reached here after ages. Since Navtej, it has only been four and a half years. Let there be more debate, more acceptance. Let the parliament feel more confident that something can be done.
Dwivedi: You strike down. Heterosexuals will have no problem if it is struck down. Our marriages don't vest on any of these laws. They rely on customs and personal laws.
Justice Bhat: Those who belong to the same faith, for them it is no problem. But those who belong to different faiths- for them it is a loss.
Dwivedi: This prayer to discard originalism- we're not advancing some fundamental right here. Question is statutory rights- SMA as it exists, can we discard its intention?
Dwivedi refers to judgements.
CJI DY Chandrachud: We're hearing you Mr Dwivedi.
Dwivedi: As an intervenor.
CJI DY Chandrachud: How many Dwivedis do we have to hear all the states being represented. One is good enough?
Dwivedi: The parliament has committees, law commission - all these tools are available to parliament. This adjudication is happening in the absence of States. Entry 5 is in concurrent list.
CJI DY Chandrachud: So in other words, your submission is that in order to take care of a myriad situation, it's for the law making body to enter upon this situation.
CJI DY Chandrachud: So in other words, your submission is that in order to take care of a myriad situation, it's for the law making body to enter upon this situation.