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Supreme Court on Same-Sex Marriage
October 27 , 2023
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- A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court unanimously ruled against legalising same sex marriage in India.
- The CJI has left it to the Parliament to decide on the issue.
- The SC also added that it cannot strike down the provisions of the Special Marriage Act (SMA) of 1954 or read words differently.
- The focus of the petitions filed is the gender-neutral interpretation of the SMA.
- It is a secular legislation designed to facilitate inter-caste and inter-faith marriages.
- The petitioners have sought a broader interpretation of the SMA to include same-sex marriages too.
- All five judges agreed that there is no fundamental right to marry.
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