Three States oppose legalising same-sex marriages : Centre tells the Supreme Court

New Delhi – The Centre told the Supreme Court on 10th May that Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Assam are against legalising same-sex marriages. The matter is being heard before the bench of CJI Dhananjay Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice S R Bhat, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice P S Narasimha.

Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General of India, who is representing the Union Government in the Supreme Court said, ‘Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Sikkim are unable to submit their opinion immediately as they seek detailed discussion in this matter’. The Court said during the hearing, ‘As per Indian laws, it is permissible for a single parent to adopt a child. In an ideal family, there will be biologically born children; but the law agrees to a different situation’. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) argued, ‘The concept of gender could be unclear but the concepts of mother and motherhood are not unclear’. The Court responded by saying, ‘All our laws protect the interest and welfare of children born to heterosexual couples’.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the five-judge Constitution Bench that the Centre had written to the states, seeking their view on the same-sex marriage issue, and 3 states have categorically opposed the same. (By @sardakanu_law)https://t.co/yieyo49Z7l

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Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati stated, ‘Government’s position of differentiating between the children of homosexual parents and heterosexual parents is justified’.