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Monday, May 6, 2024
TopicSame sex marriage

Topic: same sex marriage

SC hearing on gay marriage to avoid personal laws, may focus on junking gender binary in Special Marriage Act

Centre raises objections saying Parliament is the only constitutionally permissible forum to decide on creation of a new social relationship. CJI says gender is a 'complex' issue.

Love in the time of a colonial hangover & let’s play Maharashtrian Roulette

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Love is love’ vs ‘assault on family’: Constitution bench takes up pleas on same-sex marriage today

Court will take up 12 pleas — 2 filed in the SC, and 10 others in high courts — that seek legal recognition for same-sex marriage. Modi govt has opposed demand as ‘elitist view’.

Pleas on same-sex marriage reflect ‘urban elitist views’: Modi govt tells Supreme Court

Various petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage will be heard by a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on 18 April.

RSS backs govt on same-sex unions, says ‘marriage can only be between man and woman’

At RSS event, Dattatreya Hosabale says marriage isn't for ‘personal, sexual or physical enjoyment’. In January, Mohan Bhagwat said references to same-sex relationships can be found in Hindu epics.  

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The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

SC refers to 5-judge Constitution bench pleas seeking recognition of same-sex marriages

Centre has opposed this, saying the right to love, freedom of choice was already upheld and no one was interfering with it, but that did not mean conferring the right of marriage.

‘Against Indian notion of marriage’ — why Modi govt is opposed to registering same-sex marriages

Relying on religious definition of marriage 'between biological man and biological woman only' Union govt Sunday opposed petitions in Supreme Court seeking recognition for same-sex marriages.

At the root of SC case on gay marriage rights, the Kerala same-sex couple who started it all

Many problems in their relationship were not considered valid. The government did not recognise their marriage—no documents, no inheritance rights.

‘2 judges cannot decide on same-sex marriages,’ BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi tells Parliament

The BJP leader opposed the demand for legalisation of same-sex marriages in India, saying this would cause ‘complete havoc with the delicate balance of personal laws in the country’.

On Camera

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.