Same Sex Marriage- Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

Bench rises for the day.

CJI Chandrachud: We will resume tomorrow morning at 11 AM. 

Advocate Vrinda Grover concludes her submissions.

Grover: One prayer sought for, is I may be allowed to nominate as kin, a member of my chosen family. 

Grover: We are canvassing before this court a new imagination of marriage and family which is based on love, care and respect. This may not come from the natal family, which is well established from several studies.

Grover: Intimacies are formed which may or may not be conjugal in nature. But these are chosen families.

Grover: In my case, petitioner no.1, is now left with a family who does not understand or respect her sexual orientation. She is also suffering from an illness. She needs persons who will take decisions that are in her best interest.

Grover: A study says that several transgender persons who went home due to covid, were subjected to all kinds of violence from families. That is why this form of chosen family becomes important.

Grover: People who experience violence from their natal families, marriage would provide the necessary legal shield for such persons. 

Grover: Section 3 of the transgender act necessitates the marriage of transgender persons under SMA.