Kerala HC reunites same-sex couple, says consenting adults can live together

The court passed the order in response to a petition by a 22-year-old woman, who said that her partner’s family had forcibly taken her away.

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· Jun 01, 2022 · 02:40 pm

Delhi HC opposes Centre’s response on plea for live streaming of same-sex marriage case proceedings

The petitioner was making the demand with the sole intention to create a ‘hallucination of public interest’ in the matter, the government claimed.

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· May 17, 2022 · 07:09 pm

Onir: ‘It’s illogical to allow films about army men depicting heterosexual love but not gay love’

The director sought clearance for a movie based on a gay man who resigned from the army on account of his sexual orientation.

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· Jan 28, 2022 · 07:30 am

Delhi NGO moves HC against registration of same-sex marriages under Hindu Marriage Act

The High Court is yet to hear at least eight petitions on legalisation of same-sex marriages.

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· Dec 03, 2021 · 08:59 pm

Marriage between only ‘biological man’ and ‘biological woman’ valid in India, Centre tells Delhi HC

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made the submission while opposing a batch of petitions seeking recognition of same-sex marriage.

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· Oct 26, 2021 · 10:31 am

Delhi HC issues notice on plea seeking separate public toilets for transgender people

The petition submitted that absence of designated toilets violated the right to privacy of transgender people and put them at a risk of sexual harassment.

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· Jul 26, 2021 · 08:03 pm

Same-sex marriages: Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on petition seeking legal recognition

The petitioners argued that laws in India must recognise marriages between consenting adults ‘irrespective of the gender, sex and sexual orientation’.

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· Jul 06, 2021 · 01:39 pm

Interview: ‘The role of mental health systems in pathologising homosexuality cannot be discounted’

A conversation with Vidya Dinakaran, the clinical psychologist who counselled Justice NA Venkatesh of the Madras High Court on the recent LGBTQ+ case.

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· Jun 18, 2021 · 11:30 am

Same-sex marriage pleas: ‘Nobody is dying because they don’t have certificates,’ Centre tells HC

The court adjourned the hearing till July 6 even as lawyers argued that the case affected the daily lives of lakhs of citizens.

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· May 24, 2021 · 01:22 pm

Failure to recognise same-sex marriage is ‘unconstitutional’, says Japan court in landmark verdict

The LGBTQ community in Japan has welcomed the ruling.

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· Mar 17, 2021 · 02:18 pm

Centre opposes same-sex marriage, says it ‘can’t be compared to Indian family unit’

In its response to a batch of petitions, the government told the Delhi High Court that same-sex marriage was not a fundamental right in the country.

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· Feb 25, 2021 · 05:31 pm

Allahabad HC reinstates man fired in Bulandshahr due to his sexual orientation

The court said that treating sexual orientation as an offence interfered with the person’s right to privacy.

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· Feb 10, 2021 · 11:05 am