{"id":4085,"date":"2023-10-17T07:45:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T07:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=4085"},"modified":"2023-10-17T07:45:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T07:45:31","slug":"same-sex-marriage-cji-says-it-is-for-parliament-to-effect-changes-in-law-equality-demands-that-queer-persons-not-discriminated-against","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/same-sex-marriage-cji-says-it-is-for-parliament-to-effect-changes-in-law-equality-demands-that-queer-persons-not-discriminated-against\/","title":{"rendered":"Same-sex marriage: CJI says it is for Parliament to effect changes in law, equality demands that queer persons not discriminated against"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI:The\u00a0<\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span>Marriage<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>changed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>(CJI)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>D\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Y\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>delivered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>ruling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tuesday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>21\u00a0<\/span><\/span>petitions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seeking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>recognition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>same-sex\u00a0<\/span>unions.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span>Chandrachud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>opening\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judgements\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>case,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>those\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>himself,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kishan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>S\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ravindra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>P\u00a0<\/span><\/span>S\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Narasimha.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>fifth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judge,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hima\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kohli,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>included\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five-judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>panel.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>charge\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bench,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>instructed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>federal\u00a0<\/span>government,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>states,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>Territories\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(UTs)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>LGBT\u00a0<\/span>population\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>subjected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discrimination,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>queer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>long-known\u00a0<\/span><\/span>natural\u00a0<\/span>phenomena\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>neither\u00a0<\/span><\/span>urban\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elitist.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regards\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>provide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>certain\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>queer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>couples,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concurs.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>recognition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>non-heterosexual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>step\u00a0<\/span><\/span>towards\u00a0<\/span><\/span>marriage\u00a0<\/span>equality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“non-heterosexual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heterosexual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seen\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>sides\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>same\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coin.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>During\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>reading\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>verdict,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shares\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opinions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>holds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>others\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>own.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>crucial\u00a0<\/span>issue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>consider\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whether\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>change\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Marriage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>necessary.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>create\u00a0<\/span><\/span>laws.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>interpret\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>happen,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span>Chandrachud,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>note\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Solicitor\u00a0<\/span>General\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tushar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mehta’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declaration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>convene\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>deliberate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>privileges\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>those\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LGBT\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unions.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ordered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Centre,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>states,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UTs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span><\/span>actions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>educate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gay\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intersex\u00a0<\/span>children\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>allowed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sex-change\u00a0<\/span><\/span>procedures\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>young\u00a0<\/span>age\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>fully\u00a0<\/span>understand\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>consequences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>read\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>portion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decision.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>filing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>police\u00a0<\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(FIR)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>gay\u00a0<\/span>couple\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>relationship,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>instructed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>preliminary\u00a0<\/span>inquiries.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>homosexuality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>queerness\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>phenomenon\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unique\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>urban\u00a0<\/span>areas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>wealthy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span>Chandrachud,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>erasing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>think\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gay\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>just\u00a0<\/span><\/span>living\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>metropolitan\u00a0<\/span>areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Queerness\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>exist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regardless\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>caste\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>status.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>To\u00a0<\/span>say\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>marriage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“static\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unchanging\u00a0<\/span><\/span>institution”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>false,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span>Chandrachud,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>life\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>liberty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guaranteed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>21\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>begins\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>freedom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>select\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one’s\u00a0<\/span>life\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mate.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>refusing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>accept\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>association\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>constitute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discrimination\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>join\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>involves\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>freedom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>select\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>partner\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>recognition.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>All\u00a0<\/span>people,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>queers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>freedom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>assess\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>morality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>own\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lives,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>acknowledged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>equality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mandates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LGBT\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>subjected\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discrimination.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discriminatory\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gay\u00a0<\/span>couples\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>law\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>assumption\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>heterosexual\u00a0<\/span>couples\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>excellent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>parents.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>verdict\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span><\/span>announced.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>lengthy,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>10-day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hearing,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deferred\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pleas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>May\u00a0<\/span>11.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>arguments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span><\/span>constitutional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reached\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>petitions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seeking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>approval\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>same-sex\u00a0<\/span>unions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>might\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“correct\u00a0<\/span><\/span>course\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>action”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>able\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>predict,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>envision,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>understand,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cope\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>consequences.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>April\u00a0<\/span>18,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>supreme\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>began\u00a0<\/span>hearing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arguments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>case.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>clear\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>arguments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>consider\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personal\u00a0<\/span>laws\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>marriages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deciding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>petitions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judicial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recognition\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>same-sex\u00a0<\/span>unions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Marriage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>definition\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>man\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>woman\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>absolute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>based\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>genitals.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>petitioners\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>requested\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>supreme\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>utilise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>full\u00a0<\/span><\/span>authority,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“prestige,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>moral\u00a0<\/span><\/span>authority”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>pressure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>society\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recognising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LGBTQIA++\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>might\u00a0<\/span>live\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“dignified”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heterosexuals.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Lesbian,\u00a0<\/span>gay,\u00a0<\/span>bisexual,\u00a0<\/span>transgender,\u00a0<\/span>queer,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intersex,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pansexual,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two-spirit,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asexual,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>persons\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>collectively\u00a0<\/span>referred\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LGBTQIA++.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>informed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>May\u00a0<\/span>3\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>form\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>direction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>cabinet\u00a0<\/span>secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>look\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>administrative\u00a0<\/span>measures\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>done\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>meet\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“genuine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>humane\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concerns”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>same-sex\u00a0<\/span>couples\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>addressing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>question\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legalising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>union.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>April\u00a0<\/span>27,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>requested\u00a0<\/span>information\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regarding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whether\u00a0<\/span><\/span>same-sex\u00a0<\/span>couples\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>receive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>social\u00a0<\/span>welfare\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advantages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opening\u00a0<\/span><\/span>joint\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bank\u00a0<\/span>accounts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>designating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>life\u00a0<\/span>partner\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provident\u00a0<\/span>fund,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gratuity,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pension\u00a0<\/span>plans\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>worrying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whether\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>marriage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recognised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>law.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Same-sex
Same-sex marriage: CJI says it is for Parliament to effect changes in law, equality demands that queer persons not discriminated against<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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