Same Sex Marriage- Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

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  • Same Sex Marriage- Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

    A constitution bench of #SupremeCourt will continue hearing a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for queer marriage in India.Follow this thread for live...

    A constitution bench of #SupremeCourt will continue hearing a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for queer marriage in India.

    Follow this thread for live updates.

    Live Updates

    • 25 April 2023 2:12 PM IST

      Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy has commenced her arguments.

    • 25 April 2023 2:11 PM IST

      Hearing resumes.

    • 25 April 2023 1:08 PM IST

      The bench has risen for lunch.

    • 25 April 2023 1:07 PM IST

      Kothari: I want to end with a reference from Navtej. Our arguments are for marriage rights for all. This was reiterated in Navtej by my lords.

    • 25 April 2023 1:07 PM IST

      Sr Adv Jayna Kothari provides with a proposed gender neutral reading of the Special Marriage Act.

    • 25 April 2023 1:06 PM IST

      Kothari: The special marriage act, and the manner in which it is construed presently, by focusing only on men and women denies transgender persons the right to marry and have a family solely on basis of their gender identity. That amounts to a 15(1) discrimination on basis of sex

    • 25 April 2023 1:05 PM IST

      Kothari refers to international cases and treaties.

    • 25 April 2023 1:05 PM IST

      Kothari: Is a family different just because your gender identity is different? Are these not the same values that all of us want at the end of the day? Therefore, I argue that this should fall under Article 21.

    • 25 April 2023 1:04 PM IST

      Kothari: The Delhi HC in a 2021 judgement - in a case of heterosexual couple who didn't want children held- that this would come under Article 21.

    • 25 April 2023 1:03 PM IST

      Kothari: Transpersons are already having families - they're in relationships, adopting children but these families are not being recognised.

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