What route could the Supreme Court use to legalise same-sex marriage?

There are several possible paths to marriage equality for all genders and sexualities, but each may pose a different set of challenges in implementation.

Umang Poddar

· Apr 25, 2023 · 06:30 am

‘Want to live and die together’: Meet the people battling for same-sex marriage rights in India

The Supreme Court has started hearing a clutch of petitions asking for same-sex marriages.

Umang Poddar

· Apr 19, 2023 · 06:30 am

Make parents’ consent mandatory for love marriages, demand two Gujarat MLAs

BJP MLA Fatesinh Chauhan and Congress legislator Geniben Thakor sought an amendment to the Registration of Marriages Act, 2009.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 23, 2023 · 02:04 pm

All you need to know about the same-sex marriage petitions before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear petitions asking for legal recognition of same-sex marriage in April.

Umang Poddar

· Mar 14, 2023 · 09:00 am

Special Marriage Act: SC dismisses PIL challenging provisions to publish personal details of couples

The petitioner argued that the law violates the fundamental right to privacy.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 30, 2022 · 02:53 pm

British Indians are embracing arranged marriages – but not in a traditional way

The range of arranged unions that now exist can be thought of as a spectrum.

Raksha Pande, The Conversation

· May 08, 2021 · 07:30 pm

30-day prior notice in Special Marriage Act is fair and reasonable, Centre tells Delhi HC

The government contended that fundamental rights are not absolute and reasonable restrictions can be imposed on them.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 10, 2021 · 11:41 am

With Allahabad HC ruling on special marriages, individuals rights trump community interest – rightly

The court stated that individual autonomy in making decisions about the intimate aspects of one’s life, such as marriage, is constitutionally sacrosanct.

Akshat Agarwal

· Jan 19, 2021 · 06:30 am

Why ending child marriage has not been easy in Pakistan

Minors marrying of their own accord has been a significant challenge to the implementation of child marriage laws.

Sara Malkani, Dawn.com

· Jan 15, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Giving public notice of marriage under Special Marriage Act not mandatory, rules Allahabad HC

The court noted that compulsory publication of such a notice would interfere with the fundamental rights of liberty and privacy.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 13, 2021 · 04:10 pm

Why young people in South Korea are staying single despite government’s efforts to spark dating

The country’s ‘sampo generation’ has given up on three things: dating, marriage and children.

Yue Qian, The Conversation

· Feb 26, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Sanjoy Sachdev: Is the founder of India’s famed Love Commandos a fraud?

He has been arrested on suspicion of extorting money from at least one young couple. He denies the charges.

Michael Safi, The Guardian

· Feb 17, 2019 · 06:30 pm