Same-Sex Marriage

Five months after the Supreme Court legalised it, Nepal on Wednesday formally registered the first case of same-sex marriage, making it the first South Asian country to do so. Trans-woman Maya Gurung, 35 and Surendra Pandey, 27, a gay, got…
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The Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on a clutch of petitions demanding legal recognition for same-sex marriages on Tuesday, a ruling that would map out India’s jurisprudential acknowledgment of marriage equality and the…
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Union law minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday reiterated his stand on the Supreme Court hearing the issue of same-sex marriage and said that courts are not the forum to settle such issues. The comment comes as the Union government on…
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard Day 5 of arguments over multiple petitions demanding marriage equality – the right of non-heterosexual couples to be wed and given the same rights as heterosexual unions. So far, the court has head from…
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed its hearing on the issue of recognising “same-sex marriage”. A five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud has been constituted to oversee the proceedings. Other members of the…
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Dattatreya Hosabale, general secretary of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS on Tuesday said the organisation agrees with the Centre’s view on same-sex marriage and claimed that marriage can only take place between persons of opposite…
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is not discriminatory, insisting that constitutional freedom of marriage only envisions heterosexual unions, a comment that triggered criticism he is…
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