The Centre on Monday, 14 September, opposed a plea filed before the Delhi High Court seeking recognition of same-sex marriages under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, on behalf of the government, said that such marriages were not recognised under the "Indian culture or Indian law."
“Our law, society, values don’t recognise marriage – which is a sacrament – between a same-sex couple,” Mehta told Delhi HC.