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The Centre on April 19 urged the Supreme Court that each one States and Union Territories be made parties to the proceedings on the pleas in search of authorized validation for same-sex marriages.
In an affidavit filed within the Supreme Court, the Centre has stated it has issued a letter on April 18 to all of the States inviting feedback and views on the “seminal issue” raised within the pleas.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, showing for the Centre, requested a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud that States be made parties to the proceedings.
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The bench, additionally comprising Justices S.Okay. Kaul, S.R. Bhat, Hima Kohli and P.S. Narasimha, commenced listening to for the second day on the batch of pleas in search of authorized validation for same-sex marriages.
“It is, therefore, humbly requested that all states and Union Territories be made a party to the present proceedings and their respective stance be taken on record and in the alternative, allow the Union of India, to finish the consultative process with the states, obtains their views/apprehensions, compile the same and place it on record before this court, and only thereafter adjudicate on the present issue,” the affidavit stated.
“It is submitted that Union of India, has issued a letter dated April 18, 2023 to all states inviting comments and views on the seminal issue raised in the present batch of petition,” it stated.
The listening to and the end result may have important ramifications for the nation the place frequent folks and political parties maintain divergent views on the topic.
The apex court docket had on November 25 final yr sought the Centre’s response to separate pleas moved by two homosexual {couples} in search of enforcement of their proper to marry and a path to the authorities involved to register their marriages beneath the Special Marriage Act.
