Breaking: Two Men Move Supreme Court Seeking Recognition of SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Under the Special Marriage Act

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25 Nov 2022 7:34 AM IST

Petitioners submitted that the Special Marriage Act is Ultra vires the Constitution of India to the extend it discriminates between same sex couples and opposite sex couples denying same-sex couples both legal rights as well the social. recognition and status that flow from marriage.

A new PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court of India by two gay men living in Hyderabad, seeking recognition of same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954. A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice DY. Chandrachud will hear the matter today.The petitioners Supriyo Chakraborty and Abhay Dang, have been a couple for almost 10 years. The pandemic brought the frailty of...

Breaking: Two Men Move Supreme Court Seeking Recognition of SAME-SEX MARRIAGE Under the Special Marriage Act

LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK

Petitioners submitted that the Special Marriage Act is Ultra vires the Constitution of India to the extend it discriminates between same sex couples and opposite sex couples denying same-sex couples both legal rights as well the social. recognition and status that flow from marriage.

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