Every Citizen’s Right: HC Seeks Govt’s Stand on Same-Sex Marriage

The hearing on both matters has been listed for 8 January 2021.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday, 14 October, sought Centre’s response on separate pleas by two same-sex couples, demanding a direction for registration of their marriages.

While one pair is seeking to get married under the Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954 the other is seeking registration of their wedding in the US under the Foreign Marriage Act (FMA), 1969.

Appearing for the petitioners, senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy argued for the couples to be “recognised as full human beings.”