• By Abhishek Sheoran
  • Wed, 18 Oct 2023 07:16 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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A gay couple on Wednesday exchanged rings in front of the Supreme Court after being ‘hurt’ by the apex court’s decision, which on Oct 18 unanimously ruled against legalising same-sex marriage in India.

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Ananya Kotia, a PhD student at the London School of Economics, took to the social media platform X(formerly Twitter) to announce his ‘engagement’ with Utkarsh Saxena. He chose the SC premises for the photo shoot asserting that their rights were denied there(by not recognising the legitimacy of same-sex marriage). “Yesterday hurt. Today,@utkarsh__saxenaand I went back to the court that denied our rights and exchanged rings. So this week wasn't about a legal loss, but our engagement. We'll return to fight another day,” his post reads.

A bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud ruled in a 3:2 verdict that same-sex marriages cannot be legally recognised. However, the CJI directed the Centre to form a committee to ensure that queer unions get all the rights. "Union Government will constitute a committee to decide the rights and entitlements of persons in queer unions. This Committee is to consider including queer couples as 'family' in ration cards, enabling queer couples to nominate for joint bank accounts, rights flowing from pension, gratuity etc. The Committee report is to be looked at at the Union Government level," said CJI Chandrachud.

Besides, CJI left the issue to the Parliament to decide.

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CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli, and P S Narasimha, reserved its verdict on the pleas after a marathon hearing of 10 days.  Many senior advocates, including Mukul Rohatgi, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, and Raju Ramachandran categorically argued that the LGBTQIA+ community should be given equal rights. Centre, however, opposed pleas maintaining that the legislative policy of India has consciously validated a union only between a biological man and a biological woman.

 

 

 

 

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