TIL Desk New Delhi/ The #SupremeCourtofIndia on October 17, 2023, left it to the legislature to take a decision on legal recognition of same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court pronounced its verdict on the legal recognition of same-sex marriage today ie. on 17 October.
The apex court had reserved its judgment on 11 May on a batch of pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriage. The five-judge Constitution bench that was hearing the pleas comprised Chief Justice #DYChandrachud and Justices SK Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha.
During the course of hearings, the petitioners said that “India is a marriage-based culture” and that LGBT (#lesbian, #gay, #bisexual, and #transgender) couples should be granted the same rights as any heterosexual couples have, like the status of “spouse” in finance and insurance issues; medial, inheritance, and succession decisions, and even in adoption and #surrogacy matters.
