Same-sex marriage case: Petitions related to legal recognition of gay marriage now Hearing will be held on April. The Supreme Court has sent this matter to a constitutional bench of 5 judges. Live streaming of the hearing of the case will be done. Significantly, the central government is opposing the legal recognition of same-sex marriages in the country. The Central Government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying that it is not in favor of legalizing gay marriage. , Tushar Mehta said this: Whereas, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of the Central Government in the Supreme Court, said that all the citizens of the country have love There is already the right to do and express it, no one is violating that right of the people. But this does not mean that he should be given the right to marry. ,Same-sex marriage matter in SC: SG Tushar Mehta, appearing for Centre, says the right to love, express and freedom of choice is already upheld and no one is interfering with that right but doesn’t mean conferring the right of marriage.

— ANI (@ANI) March 13, 2023 Questions will arise on adoption- SG: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta also said in the court that at the time when a recognized institution If a marriage takes place, the question of adoption will arise and therefore the Parliament will have to look into the issue of psychology of the child, which will have to be examined whether it can be raised in this way. At the same time, the Supreme Court said on this matter that, it is not necessary for a child adopted by a gay or gay couple to be gay. ,Same-sex marriage matter in SC: SC remarks adopted child of a gay or lesbian couple does not have to be gay or a lesbian.

— ANI (@ANI) March 13, 2023 Center is not in favor of recognizing same-sex marriages: Significantly, the central government is not in favor of recognizing same-sex marriages. The Center has opposed it by filing an affidavit. In this case, the central government says that homosexual relations and heterosexual relations are separate classes. Same-sex persons living together as partners, which is now decriminalised, cannot be compared with the Indian family unit concept of husband, wife and children.

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Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 4: 57 PM IST