{"id":4088,"date":"2023-10-17T08:29:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T08:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=4088"},"modified":"2023-10-17T08:29:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T08:29:36","slug":"sc-refuses-to-give-marriage-equality-right-to-lgbtqia-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/sc-refuses-to-give-marriage-equality-right-to-lgbtqia-community\/","title":{"rendered":"SC refuses to give marriage equality right to LGBTQIA community"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI: A\u00a0<\/span>majority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five-judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unqualified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>right\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>marriage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LGBTQIA+\u00a0<\/span><\/span>couples\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>only\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>grant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civil\u00a0<\/span>unions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>status.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>May\u00a0<\/span>11\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reserved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>included\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>DY\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>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>Hima\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kohli,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Narasimha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>given.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>However,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>verdict\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>restrict\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ability\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>queer\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>form\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relationships.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span>Marriage\u00a0<\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(SMA)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>challenge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>grounds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under-classification\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>supported,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>supreme\u00a0<\/span><\/a>court<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>These\u00a0<\/span>seats\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>shared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ravindra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Narasimha,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hima\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kohli,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kishan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>clear\u00a0<\/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>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>beginning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judgement.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kishan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ravindra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Narasimha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>each\u00a0<\/span><\/span>presided\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span><\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>handled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruling,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>State\u00a0<\/span>governments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>mandate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>no\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discrimination\u00a0<\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>LGBTQ\u00a0<\/span>community.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>queer\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>equal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>access\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>goods\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>services,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Sensitising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LGBT\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>necessary.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>To\u00a0<\/span>stop\u00a0<\/span><\/span>harassment,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>federal\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span>governments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>establish\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>hotline\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>queer\u00a0<\/span>community.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gay\u00a0<\/span>couples,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>establish\u00a0<\/span><\/span>safe\u00a0<\/span>houses.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Additionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intersex\u00a0<\/span><\/span>youngsters\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>undergo\u00a0<\/span><\/span>procedures.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>forced\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>receive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hormone\u00a0<\/span>therapy,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>gay\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shall\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>subjected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>harassment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>called\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>police\u00a0<\/span>station\u00a0<\/span><\/span>merely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>answer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>questions\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>sexual\u00a0<\/span>orientation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Queer\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shouldn’t\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>return\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>birth\u00a0<\/span>families\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>police.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>filing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>formal\u00a0<\/span>complaint\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(FIR)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>homosexual\u00a0<\/span>couple\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>relationship,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>do\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>preliminary\u00a0<\/span>inquiries.<\/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><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>authority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>consider\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>case.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>long\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aware\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>existence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>LGBTQ\u00a0<\/span>community.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>neither\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elite\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>urban.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Marriage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dynamic.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>institutional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>constraints,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>permitted\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>invalidate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span>Marriage\u00a0<\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>add\u00a0<\/span><\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>provisions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Discrimination\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occurs\u00a0<\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>State\u00a0<\/span><\/span>refuses\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>acknowledge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>slew\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>result\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LGBT\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relationship.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>limitations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>based\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sexual\u00a0<\/span>orientation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>current\u00a0<\/span>legislation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personal\u00a0<\/span>laws,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heterosexual\u00a0<\/span>relationships\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>transgender\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legal.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>ruling,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unmarried\u00a0<\/span>couples,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LGBT\u00a0<\/span><\/span>couples,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>permitted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>jointly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adopt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>children.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>LGBT\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>form\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>subject\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discrimination\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>Government,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>State\u00a0<\/span>Governments,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>Territories.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ordered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>Government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>form\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>determine\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><\/span>belong\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>homosexual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unions.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>think\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>allowing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gay\u00a0<\/span>couples\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>apply\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>joint\u00a0<\/span>bank\u00a0<\/span>accounts,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>privileges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>derived\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pensions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gratuities,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>think\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>couples\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>family\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ration\u00a0<\/span>cards.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>Government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>review\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanjay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kishan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>concurring\u00a0<\/span>opinion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>marriage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>end,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legalising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>same-sex\u00a0<\/span>relationships\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>step\u00a0<\/span><\/span>towards\u00a0<\/span><\/span>marriage\u00a0<\/span>equality.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kaul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>urged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>maintain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>autonomy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>does\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>violate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>others.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>points\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruling,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ravindra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Narasimha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dissented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>marry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>viewed\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>fundamental\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>restrictions,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Even\u00a0<\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concur\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relationships,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>clear\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>covered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>21.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/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>engage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>physical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intimacy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>freedom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>enjoy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>privacy\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>autonomy.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>These\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exercised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>freely\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unhindered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>rest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>society,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>required\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>defend\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>danger.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>question\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>choosing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>choose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>life\u00a0<\/span>partner\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>option.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>absence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>constitutional\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>marriage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>recognition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>non-heterosexual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>couples,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>impose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>obligations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>State.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>several\u00a0<\/span><\/span>factors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>need\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>account\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>establishing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>framework\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LGBT\u00a0<\/span><\/span>couples.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>All\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LGBTQ\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>freedom\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>select\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>partners,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>required\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>accept\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>range\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>result\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>union.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>general\u00a0<\/span><\/span>neutral\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interpretation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Marriage\u00a0<\/span>Act,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>always\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>equal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unintentionally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>women\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vulnerabilities.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Why\u00a0<\/span><\/span>words\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“wife,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“husband,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>etc<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>victims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>domestic\u00a0<\/span>violence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>obtain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>intended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>protect\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>weak.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Therefore,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>applying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>desired\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interpretation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span>Marriage\u00a0<\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>useless.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>addition,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span>reservations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>position\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>queer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>couples’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ability\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>adopt.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concluded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span><\/span>absolute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>right\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>marriage.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Civil\u00a0<\/span>unions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>given\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>standing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legislation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>However,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>results\u00a0<\/span><\/span>won’t\u00a0<\/span>restrict\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people’s\u00a0<\/span>ability\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>form\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relationships.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>ruling,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>supported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>challenge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span>Marriage\u00a0<\/span>Act\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>grounds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>underclassification.Gay\u00a0<\/span>couples\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>transgender\u00a0<\/span>partners\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>permitted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>wed.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gay\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0not\u00a0<\/span>harassed.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span>Hima\u00a0Kohli\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>she\u00a0<\/span>shared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span>Ravindra\u00a0<\/span>Bhat’s\u00a0<\/span>opinion.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span>Narasimha\u00a0<\/span>added\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span>shares\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span>Ravindra\u00a0<\/span>Bhat’s\u00a0<\/span>viewpoint.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>A\u00a0number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>petitions\u00a0<\/span>concerning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0LGBTQIA+\u00a0<\/span>community’s\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>marriage\u00a0equality\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heard\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>five-judge\u00a0<\/span>Constitution\u00a0<\/span>bench.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span>May\u00a011,\u00a0<\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0conclusion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>arguments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0solicitors,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0order\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>reserved.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>The\u00a0Constitution\u00a0<\/span>bench’s\u00a0<\/span>hearing\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0subject\u00a0<\/span><\/span>started\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>April\u00a018\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>lasted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0almost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ten\u00a0<\/span>days.<\/span> The\u00a0Centre\u00a0<\/span>disagreed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0argument\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>asserted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>parliament,\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>weigh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0matter.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>Although\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0Centre\u00a0<\/span>referred\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>urban\u00a0<\/span>elite\u00a0<\/span>idea,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0court\u00a0<\/span>disagreed.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>agreed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>look\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span>connected\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>giving\u00a0<\/span>LGBTQIA+\u00a0people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0specific\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span>during\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0hearing,\u00a0<\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0same-sex\u00a0couple\u00a0<\/span><\/span>receiving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>recognition.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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