Same Sex Marriage- Supreme Court Constitution Bench Hearing-DAY-2- LIVE UPDATES

Singhvi: Freedom of expression includes the freedom or the right to express one's gender identity in all its manifestations.

Singhvi: Hierarchy, which is a sub classification, your lordship will not allow under Article 14.

Singhvi: Your lordship is allowing the creation of hierarchy between different conceptions of the family- involving unions between some kinds of persons more equal than others to have unions.

Singhvi: Text evolves over time, even intent evolves over time. Your lordship is looking not to strike down anything but to make it constitutionally compliant.

Singhvi: It is wrong to think that text of the statute is a limitation. It is wrong to think that even intent is a limitation. With evolving dynamics of time and society, the two tests are to make it treaty compliant...

Singhvi: You can't trump equality principles by reference to societal values. If I'm here on exclusion, based on discrimination, then assuming- I'm not at all accepting that societal values make it outside, but if they were, they cannot trump non discriminatory principles.

Singhvi: What they're saying is- since I the government of India have defined marriage as a marriage between man and woman, you're in the wrong.

Singhvi: Third reason that it will impact personal law which your lordships have put on a side. Fourth reason is "self referrential or self validating statements".

Singhvi: Yes! Second, broadly see what the government is saying. Stand one- cultural ethos. Stand two, which I'm very strongly supporting, marriage is a vital institution.

CJI DY Chandrachud: So you're saying that the SMA was intended to be agnostic to faith. So by reading it as agnostic to sexual orientation, you are not making a leap of faith.