Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈'Govt Has an Obligation...' What #SupremeCourt Said on #Day6 of #MarriageEquality #Hearing
#SolicitorGeneral #TusharMehta argued that it may not be possible to get into #SMA without touching #personallaws
'Govt Has an Obligation...' What SC Said on Day 6 of Marriage Equality Hearing
The five-judge Supreme Court bench – headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud – continued hearing the marriage equality petitions on 27 April, during which Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued on the provisions of the Special Marriage Act.
#Samesexmarriage and the 68-yr-old #law that’s being hotly #debated.
#Petitioners seeking #legalsanction for #samesexmarriages have contended that since the #SMA is a #secular #legislation, any #reinterpretation will impact #Hindu, #Muslim, #Christian, or #Parsi #personallaws, or #religiousbeliefs.
#Indian #SupremeCourt to examine if #samesex #weddings can be permitted under #SpecialMarriageAct, but will steer clear of #personallaws
It is better to proceed incrementally than to try and deal with it all together, the five-judge Constitution bench said. Significantly, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud also underlined that the very concept of a #man or #woman is not "absolute".
SC to examine if same-sex weddings can be permitted under Special Marriage Act, but will steer clear of personal laws
It is better to proceed incrementally than to try and deal with it all together, the five-judge Constitution bench said. Significantly, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud also underlined that the very concept of a man or woman is not "absolute".