Tag: Same sex marriage

Supreme Court To Consider Requests To Review Verdict On Same-Sex Marriage

July 6, 2024 admin

LGBTQIA+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and allied persons. New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider on July 10 a batch of pleas seeking review of its last year’s judgement which refused to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriage. According to the cause list of July 10 uploaded on…

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Thailand passes marriage equality bill, a first in Southeast Asia

June 18, 2024 admin

A picture showing Vorawan “Beaut” Ramwan and Anticha “An” Sangchai wearing wedding dresses in a Pride parade is seen at their house during an interview with Reuters. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Thailand’s Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law on June 18 , paving the way for it to become the…

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Iraq criminalises same-sex relations with 10-15 years’ jail term

April 28, 2024 admin

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iraq’s parliament passed a bill on April 27 criminalising same-sex relations, which will receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, in a move rights groups condemned as an “attack on human rights”. Transgender people will be sentenced to three years’ jail under…

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Thailand moves closer to legalising same-sex unions as Parliament passes landmark bill

March 27, 2024 admin

Thai LGBT community participates in Gay Freedom Day Parade in Bangkok. File. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Thailand’s lower house of parliament on March 26 passed a marriage equality bill at the final reading, in a landmark step that moves the country closer to becoming the third territory in Asia to legalise same-sex unions. The bill…

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Petition In Supreme Court Seeks Review Of Verdict On Same-Sex Marriage

November 1, 2023 admin

The Supreme Court had delivered its verdict on October 17. New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its October 17 verdict in which it had refused to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriage. The petition states that the majority judgment acknowledged discrimination against queer couples but “turned…

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SC’s same-sex marriage verdict acts as a formidable document upholding the Indianness of homosexuality and gender queerness

October 22, 2023 admin

LGTBQ activist and petitioner for same sex-marriages Shivangi Sharma speaks with the media at the courtyard of India’s Supreme Court in New Delhi on October 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Though the Supreme Court has refused to legalise same-sex marriage, the Constitution Bench judgment is a formidable step to silence hostile voices…

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Gay Couple Exchange Rings In Front Of Supreme Court

October 18, 2023 admin

Ananya Kotia and Utkarsh Saxena exchange rings in front of the Supreme Court New Delhi: A prominent gay couple expressed their disappointment over the Supreme Court setback in the same-sex marriage matter, but vowed to “fight another day”. Writer Ananya Kotia and lawyer Utkarsh Saxena exchanged rings in front of the Supreme Court today and…

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Same-Sex Marriage Verdict, Marriage Equality, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud: Supreme Court’s Judgment On Same-Sex Marriage: Reading Between The Lines

October 17, 2023 admin

Petitioners have noted the many points made by the judges in the favour of the queer community New Delhi: On the surface, the Supreme Court’s decision to not legalise same-sex marriages or extend adoption rights to queer couples may appear disappointing, but read between the lines, and there is much to cheer about. Petitioners in…

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What Are Supreme Court’s Directives To Centre, States On Queer Community

October 17, 2023 admin

Same-Sex Marriage Verdict: Queer community can’t be forced to return to their family (File) New Delhi: The Supreme Court today directed the Centre and the state governments to ensure that queer people are not discriminated against on the basis of their sexual orientation. Directing the government to sentisize the public about queer rights and set…

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Supreme Court Verdict On Same-Sex Marriage Today

October 17, 2023 admin

The Centre is contesting the maintainability petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage New Delhi: The Supreme Court will today deliver its much-anticipated judgment on petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriage. A five-judge bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli, and PS Narishma insisted that it was only…

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