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Filmmaker Onir disappointed over Supreme Court's verdict on LGBTQIA+ marri
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Onir, whose directorial project, 'My Brother Nikhil', pioneered LGBT depiction on the silver screen expressed his disappointment over the apex court's verdict.
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"Rights of queer citizens must be protected...": Advocate Karuna Nundy aft
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"There were four separate judgements. The Chief Justice and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul together elucidated some very important sets of legal and jurisprudential principles. They said that there is no fundamental right to marriage but there are various aspects of the right to marriage locate
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SC refuses to recognise same-sex marriage or civil unions, says it's for P
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A five-judge Constitution bench unanimously said it cannot strike down the provisions of the Special Marriage Act (SMA) or read words differently to include non-heterosexual couples within its fold.
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Disappointed but will keep fighting, say activists after SC verdict on sam
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The activists and the people belonging to the LGBTIQA+ community were hoping for a decision in their favour.
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Same -sex union: SCBA welcomes decision, says legisation is Parliament's d
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court Bar Association has welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling on the same-sex marriage matter where the apex court has accepted the version of the central government and the right to legislation lies in the domain of Parliament.
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"SC shouldn't give recognition...not consistent with Indian values": Top c
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As the five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice DY Chandrachud, held a crucial hearing on a batch of pleas seeking recognition of same-sex marriage, Muslim cleric Maulana Sajid Rashidi said urged the apex court not to recognise such
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SC refuses to give marriage equality right to LGBTQIA+ community
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court Constitution bench has in majority ruled that for LGBTQIA+ couples there is no unqualified right to marriage
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As India awaits verdict on same-sex marriage, Akal Takht blacklists priest
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
All the management committee members of Gurdwara Kalgidhar Sahib where the wedding ceremony was conducted on September 18 were also barred from holding any post in any other gurdwara or Sikh religious body by the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat for Sikhs.
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LGBTQ activists hope for positive verdict from SC in same sex marriage cas
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"We hope for a positive verdict, I think the court will give us something, it can be a civil right or marriage equality right. Everyone should get equal rights, we're all the citizens of one nation. If the court will give us the right, the government will have to follow it," Anjali Gopala
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'Hope judgement is in our favour': Kolkata gay couple ahead of SC's ruling
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
As the Supreme Court is set to deliver its judgment on various petitions pertaining to marriage equality rights for the LGBTQIA+ community on Tuesday, a gay couple from West Bengal's Kolkata expressed their hope for a verdict in favour of their community.
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Same-sex: SC to deliver judgement on plea seeking marriage equality rights
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court will deliver its judgement on various petitions pertaining to marriage equality rights for the LGBTQIA+ community on Tuesday.
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The Humsafar Trust celebrates the 5th anniversary of reading down of Secti
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 9: The Humsafar Trust (HST) recently, commemorated the fifth anniversary of the historic reading down of Section 377 with a vibrant gathering of community members, friends and allies in Mumbai. This significant milestone was achieved through the landma
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