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

Singhvi: At the same time, Section 21 provides that succession to the property of any person married under the SMA will be governed by the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (‘ISA’).

Singhvi: In particular, Section 19 of the SMA severs ties of persons of Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, or Jaina religions married under the SMA from their undivided family.

Singhvi: The main part of this "workability" is personal laws...these apprehensions are largely red herring.

Singhvi: Right to marry along with a scheme for its implementation already exists. Petitioners are only asking for non discriminatory right to access to that institution.

CJI DY Chandrachud: The reference is between 10.30-11. then CB 20 mins. Then mentioning for half an hour. So we would be able to hear at 12. So everyone will have to wrap up between 12-1.

Singhvi: Give me some time tomorrow. Rejoinder is the last stage.

CJI DY Chandrachud: Tomorrow is a crowded morning. We have a reference. Then two CB bench judgments we're pronouncing. Today we had 276 mentionings in morning.

Singhvi: Social acceptability is the heart of SMA.

Singhvi: SMA's entire birth - the whole purpose was to facilitate marriages. In that sense, SMA was a significant advance because it was dealing with marriages outside social acceptability.

Singhvi: Your lordships will then juxtapose it with the agnostic crux of the SMA. Today, we have a recognition that the numbers of queer people is very large. They were always there but not accepted.

Singhvi: Overall, is it something which your lordships should not do because of an original intent interpretation? Answer has to be no.