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...
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta welcomed the Supreme Court's judgement to not recognise same-sex marriages.
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...
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, who was heading the bench pronouncing its verdict on 21 pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages, said the court cannot make a law but only interpret it, and it is for...
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.
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 two judges backed the rights of queer couples to enter into civil...
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand had plans to marry her partner, Monalisa had the SC legalised same-sex marriages.
Bouquet of rights guaranteed under the institution of marriage, need for gender-neutral language in Special Marriage Act, Centre's opposition to same-sex marriages, top court's observations on gender and other highlights...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government has opposed petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriages on the grounds that such recognition...
Gen Suzuki, 48, filed a lawsuit in 2021, seeking a court decision to allow a change of his biologically assigned gender of female to male to match his...
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...
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movement in India intertwines profoundly with the narrative surrounding Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), an outdated...
Japan is the only member of the Group of Seven industrialized countries that does not recognise same-sex marriage or provide other equal rights protections for...
The Supreme Court heard a clutch of petitions seeking recognition of same-sex marriages for 10 days. The Narendra Modi government has opposed these pleas.
The bench has been hearing a clutch of petitions filed by 18 LGBTQIA++ couples for marriage equality rights
The Supreme Court, while hearing the same-sex marriage pleas, said it was working on making the live-streamed content available simultaneously in languages...
The notion that recognising same-sex marriage will ‘ruin’ Indian culture is a narrow interpretation of a complex and dynamic cultural entity. Culture is...
Swami Nischalananda Saraswati of the Govardhan Math said if a judgment legalising same-sex marriages comes, nature will punish the judges.
The Supreme Court Bar Association also clarified that its statement should not be misconstrued as either supporting or opposing the petitioners.
Love is love, and it is beyond any caste, creed, religion or geographical location. That the list should also include gender is what many people believe in,...
The Supreme Court, hearing a batch of petitions on same-sex marriage legalisation, said that it will steer clear of personal laws and will only examine the...
In 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe Vs Wade judgment that had made abortion a protected right under the American...
Advocate Anand Grover cited research by Pink List India, the country’s first archive documenting politicians supporting LGBTQIA+ rights, and argued before...
