Opposing an utility in search of stay streaming of proceedings within the petitions in search of legalisation of same-sex marriages in India, the Center has instructed the Delhi High Court that the plea was “aimed at creation of a dramatic impression of the proceedings and to win sympathy”.
The authorities additionally mentioned that neither there’s violation of any basic proper concerned within the case nor it’s a matter of nationwide significance. Majority of the Indian inhabitants is “not very much affected” by the case, it mentioned. “The purpose of the applicant appears to be malafide as he is trying to get unnecessary publicity,” the Center mentioned in its reply.
The courtroom in November 2021 had sought Centre’s response on the plea for stay streaming of proceedings within the case. At least eight petitions are pending, in search of legalization of same-sex marriages below the Hindu Marriage Act, the Special Marriage Act, the Foreign Marriage Act, and a declaration that the fitting to authorized recognition of a same-sex marriage is the elemental proper below Articles 14, 15, 19 and 21 regardless of an individual’s gender, intercourse or sexual orientation.
Senior Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, representing petitioners in one of many pleas, had submitted that the difficulty issues about 7-8 % of the inhabitants and stay streaming ought to be permitted.
Seeking dismissal of the petitions in search of legalisation of same-sex marriages, the Center in February 2021 had argued {that a} marriage in India essentially relies upon upon “age-old customs, rituals, practices, cultural ethos and societal values”. It additionally mentioned that there exists a “legitimate state interest” in limiting the popularity of marriage to individuals of reverse sexes solely.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
