The Centre on Wednesday advised the Supreme Court {that a} committee headed by the cupboard secretary could be constituted to discover administrative steps for addressing some concerns of same-sex couples with out going into the problem of legalising their marriage.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the Centre, advised a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, which is listening to a batch of pleas in search of authorized validation of same-sex marriage, that the federal government is optimistic in regards to the suggestion for exploring administrative steps on this regard.
He advised the bench, which additionally comprised justices S Okay Kaul, S R Bhat, Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha, that this can want coordination between multiple ministries.
On the seventh day of listening to within the matter, Mehta mentioned the petitioners can provide their recommendations on the problem of exploring what administrative steps will be taken on this regard.
While listening to the matter on April 27, the apex court docket had requested the Centre whether or not social welfare advantages will be granted to same-sex couples with out going into legalising their marriage.
The court docket had posed the query after observing that the Centre’s acceptance of proper to cohabitation of similar intercourse companions as a basic proper solid a “corresponding duty” on it to recognise its social penalties.
(With inputs from PTI)
