Same Sex Marriage- Supreme Court Constitution Bench Hearing-DAY-2- LIVE UPDATES

Singhvi: The most important is discriminatory exclusion of this class on only sex and sexual orientation.

Guruswamy: In this, I suspect that the moment this court opens the definition of marriage, those concerns are addressed. Because routinely insurance companies and banks have only this concern- that you have to be married.

Justice Bhat: There are some things which can be done without any barriers. You have to identify and tell us.

Sr Adv Menaka Guruswamy: How my lords define marriage will address those concerns. So there is no specific RBI guideline. The assumption is that if you're spouses, you can have that joint bank account. Similarly, for insurance.

Justice Bhat: There are certain things which can be done straight away without entering other arenas. If there is no prohibition in parent enactment, it becomes that much easier.

Singhvi: At the end of the day, the basis of denying me is that I'm not married or that I'm married in a form not accepted by law.

Singhvi: We're talking about group insurance. I am a family with one, two, and children- you get a family group insurance. There you may not get. 

Singhvi: They will originate from IRDA requirements but they will be in all policies.

Justice Bhat: But do IRDA regulations use these expressions or are they left loose? I suspect they are open ended. 

Justice Bhat: One question here- for instance take insurance, the insurance law per se is a subject to regulation. So do we have IRDA regulations or these are standard policies which are approved.

Singhvi: Then there is the horizontal set which are daily incidents of harrassment.