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"Rights of queer citizens must be protected...": Advocate Karuna Nundy aft
Updated : 2 years, 8 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, 8 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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"Defender of Constitutional and Human Liberties" Justice K.V. Viswanathan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], October 17: "Soli J. Sorabjee was a Defender of the Constitution and Human Liberties," said Justice K.V. Viswanathan Judge, Supreme Court of India at the Soli J. Sorabjee Memorial Lecture organized by O.P Jindal Global University to honour the memory of renowned ju
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Disappointed but will keep fighting, say activists after SC verdict on sam
Updated : 2 years, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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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'Hope judgement is in our favour': Kolkata gay couple ahead of SC's ruling
Updated : 2 years, 8 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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Making AAP accused in Delhi excise policy case is 'not political vendetta'
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Delhi BJP leaders on Monday said that making the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) an accused in the state excise policy case is not a "political vendetta."
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SC averse to directing doctors to stop unborn's heartbeat, turns down plea
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, also comprising Justice JB Pardiwala, observed that if a medical termination were to be conducted at this stage, the doctors would be faced with a viable foetus.
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Israel's Chief Justice retires amid uncertainty over successor
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"As fate would have it, on the day of my retirement from the judiciary, we are in one of the most difficult periods in the country's history. We are burying our dead and covering our wounds, and praying for the return of all the abducted and missing to their families soon," Hayut wrote in a
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SC refuses to entertain plea against Bihar govt decision to include transg
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition against the Bihar government's decision to include 'hijra', 'kinnar', 'kothi', and 'transgender' as an item in the caste list.
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