CJI-led bench begins hearing on same-sex marriages

April 18, 2023 11:17

A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud begins hearing a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage.

Arguing against legal sanction to gay marriages, the Centre yesterday termed such requests as "mere urban elitist views for social acceptance".

A court order recognising same-sex marriages would mean a virtual judicial rewriting of an entire branch of law, the centre argued and said the court must refrain from passing such "omnibus orders".

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