If homosexuality is approved, many laws in India will be affected! – Adv. Makarand D Adkar, President, Maharashtra Education & Cultural Society, New Delhi

Adv. Makarand D. Adkar

Ramnathi – 15 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court to legalize same-sex relationships. These petitions demand that the Hindu Marriage Act be abolished, and same-sex marriages (between 2 men or 2 women) be legalised. When the country is facing numerous problems, a 15-day hearing was held in the Supreme Court on whether homosexuality should be recognized or not. If homosexuality and same-sex marriage are recognized in the country, what will happen to the Hindu Marriage Act? Who will give alimony? What to do with the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act that protects women? If the wife is abused, who will get justice as a wife? There are many questions. So if homosexuality is allowed, it will affect many laws in India. If the court feels that the country will be gravely affected if homosexuality is not recognised, then the court can say so to the parliament. But the court has no power to make such a law. The central government has submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court that homosexuality is not our culture. Advocate Makarand D Adkar, President, Maharashtra Education & Cultural Society, New Delhi, said that we should understand we should pay heed to the fact that Indian culture does not approve of this more than ‘what other countries are doing’. He was addressing the audience on Day 3 of the Vaishvik Hindu Rashtra Mahotsav.

Mr Ajit Singh Bagga (National Senior Vice President, Vyapar Mandal and President Varanasi Vyapar Mandal), H.H. Pradeep Khemka (Sanatan Sanstha Dharmapracharak, Jharkhand), and Adv. Rajiv Kumar Nath (District President, Hindu Jagaran Manch, Cachar, Assam.) were present on the dais.