NCP MP Supriya Sule Introduces Bill to Legalise Same-Sex Marriages in Lok Sabha

The bill mandates male partners to be at least 21 years of age and women female partners to be 18 years of age.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule on Friday, 1 April, introduced The Special Marriage (Amendment) Bill (2022) in Lok Sabha to legalise same-sex marriage and grant equal legal rights to LGBTQIA+ individuals.

The bill proposes a separate section to be inserted after Section 4 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, which states, “Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, a marriage between any two persons of the same sex may be solemnised under this Act.”

The bill mandates that partners, if both male, must be at least 21 years of age while women female partners must be at least 18 years of age.