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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicSame sex marriage

Topic: same sex marriage

Behind same-sex couple’s legal battle, a commitment to stand by each other in health & in sickness

Plea cites rights violations under Articles 14 & 15 and seeks legal recognition of same-sex couples' right to act as medical representatives for each other, calling their exclusion discriminatory.

Not just family vs lover. Fashion designer Rohit Bal’s will throws up bigger questions too

Rohit Bal’s stepbrothers and stepsisters are raising questions about both the will’s validity and the depth of Bal’s relationship with his ‘soulmate’ Lalit Tehlan.

Urban Elite vs Union of India—what went behind the scenes of SC judgment on same-sex marriage

On 17 October 2023, the Supreme Court rejected the plea for queer persons' right to marry. A year later, a discussion on lawyer Rohin Bhatt’s book discloses what went wrong.

SC to hear pleas on 10 July seeking review of same-sex marriage verdict of 2023

On 17 October 2023, the top court had refused to to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriages.

Iraq passes law criminalising same-sex relationships with a maximum 15-yr prison sentence

The law, which aims to 'protect Iraqi society from moral depravity and the calls for homosexuality that have overtaken the world', was backed mainly by conservative Shi’ite Muslim parties.

Wording sparks questions on whether ‘live-in’ provision in Uttarakhand UCC will apply to same-sex couples

The draft says it shall be obligatory for ‘partners’ in a live-in relationship to submit a statement of it to district officials, failing which they may be penalised by a cash fine and a prison term.

A tale of two Aadhaars: High court mulls SOP for protection pleas by runaway couples

Punjab & Haryana HC notes multiple pleas being listed of runaway couples seeking protection, asks for procedures that can be put in place for law enforcement agencies to deal with cases. 

Human Rights court says Poland has failed to provide recognition, protection of same-sex couples

Ten Poles argued that vast majority of Council of Europe member states offered same-sex couples right to marry and asserted that they were disadvantaged.

Landmark court orders to 1st same-sex marriage — 2-decade struggle that led to Nepal scripting history

The country registered its first same-sex union earlier this week, five months after its Supreme Court issued an interim order allowing registration of same-sex marriages.

53% Indians in favour of legalising same-sex marriage, shows Pew survey

Survey of 2,611 Indian adults part of analysis across 32 countries in North America, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, Africa & Asia-Pacific region. Report published this week.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.