As the Lok Sabha election is scheduled next year, like all other issues, marriage equality is not going to be a concern for any political party. The only remedy that remains is to struggle, strike and pressurise the...
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand had plans to marry her partner, Monalisa had the SC legalised same-sex marriages.
As the CJI, known for his landmark and progressive judgments, started delivering his observations, a sort of hope was building up among the LGBTQIA++ community. By the end of the verdict, this hope faded away.
Nowhere in the world where homosexuality has been decriminalised has marriage equality been implemented within five years. So, expecting such a quick transformation in India - an even more complicated situation given...
The Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage in 2001. Since then, about 34 countries have recognised same-sex marriage through legislation and legal framework.
In August last year, the Tamil Nadu government published a glossary of LGBTQIA+ terms in Tamil in the government gazette in a first-of-its-kind move in the country. Justice N Anand Venkatesh of Madras High Court directed...
Kanav Narayan Sahgal, queer rights activist and Communications Manager at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy speaks to Outlook's Shahina K K on the Supreme Court's recent judgment refusing to legalise same-sex marriages.
While delivering the judgement on pleas seeking legalisation of same-sex marriages in India, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said the apex court has taken note of the Centre's submission that it will set up a committee to...
A five-judge Supreme Court bench on Tuesday refused to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages, and left the matter to the legislature to decide. While...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government has opposed petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriages on the grounds that such recognition...
A total of 20 petitions sought the legal recognition of same-sex marriages under the Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954; Hindu Marriage Act (HMA), 1955; and the...
The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court heard the petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriages for 10 days and reserved the judgement in the...
The Supreme Court is expected to deliver the much-awaited judgment on a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriages in India this...
In the Indian context, marriage has special cultural and religious importance, and refusing it may exacerbate the stigma faced by same-sex couples. After...
Even if the Supreme Court legalises same-sex marriage, it will take a long time to amend succession and inheritance laws
If granted, recognition of same-sex marriage is paramount to entitlement of certain consequential rights that are typically enjoyed by married persons, but it...
The history of the Pride movement in India intertwines profoundly with the narrative surrounding Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), an outdated...
Trans, bisexual, queer and lesbian women and others remain outside of the purview of a ‘feminist’ UCC
The bench has been hearing a clutch of petitions filed by 18 LGBTQIA++ couples for marriage equality rights
The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearings on the ongoing row seeking the legalisation of same-sex marriage
The Ashok Gehlot-led Government of Rajasthan has said that same-sex marriages should not be legalised as they are not prevalent and are against public opinion....
Trans people are capable of being equal and we are proving this in the Supreme Court every single day.
Amburi Roy and Aparna Saha have sought the right to adopt as a same-sex couple through the petition in the Supreme Court of India. The Apex Court is hearing...
As the hearings on the legalisation of same-sex marriage entered its ninth day, CJI DY Chandrachud said that there is no 'compulsion' to have biological...
The Supreme Court, while hearing the same-sex marriage pleas, said it was working on making the live-streamed content available simultaneously in languages...
