The central government has opposed the recognition of same-sex marriages. The Center has also filed an affidavit regarding this in the Supreme Court. The Center told the Supreme Court in the recognition of same-sex marriage that same-sex relationships and heterosexual relationships are separate categories. The Center apprised the Supreme Court that same-sex persons living together as partners, which has now been decriminalised, cannot be compared with the Indian family unit concept of husband, wife and children.

Centre files affidavit before Supreme Court, opposes the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.

Centre tells SC that same-sex relationships & heterosexual relationships are clearly distinct classes which cannot be treated identically. pic.twitter.com/Fs7C3gGdqC

— ANI (@ANI) March 12, 2023 Hearing on the matter will be held tomorrow: Will be A bench of Chief Justice Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala will hear the petitions filed in this case. In this case, the court had said that the counsel appearing for the Center and Arundhati Katju, the advocate for the petitioners, together collect all the written information, documents and old precedents, on the basis of which the hearing would proceed. All the petitions were transferred by the Supreme Court: Tell me, the Supreme Court has transferred to the Delhi High Court Including the pending petitions related to same-sex marriage in all the High Courts of the country were transferred to him. The court had said that the counsel appearing for the Center and Arundhati Katju, advocate for the petitioners, together collect all the written information, documents and old precedents, on the basis of which the hearing would proceed.

Significantly, in consensual homosexual sex has been decriminalized by the Supreme Court. Justice Chandrachud was also included in the constitution bench of the Supreme Court which gave the ouster verdict. Justice Chandrachud had issued a notice in this regard to the Center in November last year and sought the help of Advocate General R Venkataramani with regard to the petitions.

Courtesy of Bhasha Input

Supreme CourtPublished Date

Sun, Mar 12, 2023, 3: 59 PM IST