Centre urges SC to make states, UTs occasions to proceedings on pleas on same-sex marriage

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court that all states and Union Territories be made occasions to the proceedings on the pleas on the lookout for approved validation for same-sex marriages.

In an affidavit filed inside the apex courtroom, the Centre has said it has issued a letter on April 18 to the entire states inviting suggestions and views on the “seminal issue” raised inside the pleas.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, exhibiting for the Centre, requested a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud that states be made occasions to the proceedings.

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The bench, moreover comprising Justices S Ok Kaul, S R Bhat, Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha, commenced listening to for the second day on the batch of pleas on the lookout for approved validation for same-sex marriages.

“It is, therefore, humbly requested that all states and Union Territories be made a party to the present proceedings and their respective stance be taken on record and in the alternative, allow the Union of India, to finish the consultative process with the states, obtains their views/apprehensions, compile the same and place it on record before this court, and only thereafter adjudicate on the present issue,” the affidavit said.

“It is submitted that Union of India, has issued a letter dated April 18, 2023 to all states inviting comments and views on the seminal issue raised in the present batch of petition,” it said.

The listening to and the tip consequence might have very important ramifications for the nation the place frequent people and political occasions keep divergent views on the subject.

The apex courtroom had on November 25 ultimate yr sought the Centre’s response to separate pleas moved by two gay {{couples}} on the lookout for enforcement of their correct to marry and a path to the authorities concerned to register their marriages beneath the Special Marriage Act.

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court that all states and Union Territories be made occasions to the proceedings on the pleas on the lookout for approved validation for same-sex marriages.

In an affidavit filed inside the apex courtroom, the Centre has said it has issued a letter on April 18 to the entire states inviting suggestions and views on the “seminal issue” raised inside the pleas.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, exhibiting for the Centre, requested a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud that states be made occasions to the proceedings.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

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The bench, moreover comprising Justices S Ok Kaul, S R Bhat, Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha, commenced listening to for the second day on the batch of pleas on the lookout for approved validation for same-sex marriages.

“It is, therefore, humbly requested that all states and Union Territories be made a party to the present proceedings and their respective stance be taken on record and in the alternative, allow the Union of India, to finish the consultative process with the states, obtains their views/apprehensions, compile the same and place it on record before this court, and only thereafter adjudicate on the present issue,” the affidavit said.

“It is submitted that Union of India, has issued a letter dated April 18, 2023 to all states inviting comments and views on the seminal issue raised in the present batch of petition,” it said.

The listening to and the tip consequence might have very important ramifications for the nation the place frequent people and political occasions keep divergent views on the subject.

The apex courtroom had on November 25 ultimate yr sought the Centre’s response to separate pleas moved by two gay {{couples}} on the lookout for enforcement of their correct to marry and a path to the authorities concerned to register their marriages beneath the Special Marriage Act.