Same-Sex Marriage

Five months after the Supreme Court legalised it, Nepal on Wednesday formally registered the first case of same-sex marriage, making it the first South Asian country to do so. Trans-woman Maya Gurung, 35 and Surendra Pandey, 27, a gay, got…
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समलैंगिक विवाह मामले में फैसले के खिलाफ सुप्रीम कोर्ट में समीक्षा याचिका दायर की गई है. उदित सूद की ओर से दायर समीक्षा याचिका में कहा गया है कि “बहुमत का फैसला” स्पष्ट तौर पर गलत है क्योंकि इसमें पाया गया है कि उत्तरदाता भेदभाव के जरिए…
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The Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on a clutch of petitions demanding legal recognition for same-sex marriages on Tuesday, a ruling that would map out India’s jurisprudential acknowledgment of marriage equality and the…
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Union law minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday reiterated his stand on the Supreme Court hearing the issue of same-sex marriage and said that courts are not the forum to settle such issues. The comment comes as the Union government on…
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard Day 5 of arguments over multiple petitions demanding marriage equality - the right of non-heterosexual couples to be wed and given the same rights as heterosexual unions. So far, the court has head from…
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed its hearing on the issue of recognising “same-sex marriage”. A five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud has been constituted to oversee the proceedings. Other members of the…
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Dattatreya Hosabale, general secretary of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS on Tuesday said the organisation agrees with the Centre's view on same-sex marriage and claimed that marriage can only take place between persons of opposite…
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समलैंगिक विवाह (same sex marriage) को मंजूरी की मांग वाली याचिकाओं पर केंद्र सरकार ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट (Supreme Court) में अपना जवाब दाखिल कर दिया है. केंद्र सरकार ने ऐसी सभी 15 याचिकाओं का विरोध किया, जिनमें समलैंगिक विवाह को कानूनी मान्यता…
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday rebuked one of his secretaries, who said he wouldn't want to live next to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender couples and warned that people would flee Japan if same-sex marriage was…
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Singapore's parliament on Tuesday repealed a law criminalising sex between men, striking down colonial-era legislation that has long been criticised as discriminatory and stigmatising to the LGBTQ community. The law, Section 377A,…
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