Highlights: "Same-Sex Relationships Not Just Physical," Says Chief Justice

Thursday, 20 April 2023Newsdesk

The Centre has urged the Supreme Court that all states and Union Territories be made parties to the proceedings on the pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages.

New Delhi 20 April 2023

As per news report of NDTV,The Supreme Court heard arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages. Are two spouses who belong to a binary gender essential for marriage, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud asked while hearing arguments today. "We see these [same-sex] relationships not just as physical relations but something more of a stable, emotional relationship," Justice Chandrachud said on the third day of the hearing by a five-judge bench that is being live-streamed on the court website and YouTube.

Source - NDTV