A constitution bench of the #SupremeCourt will begin hearing the batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriage in India.Follow this thread for live...
A constitution bench of the #SupremeCourt will begin hearing the batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriage in India.
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2023-04-18 05:26:23
18 April 2023 2:31 PM IST
Rohatgi: Sometimes mindsets do not change. Parliament or the legislative assembly acts with more elactrity, sometimes with less.
18 April 2023 2:31 PM IST
Rohatgi: He says society will decide. Take the Hindu Widows Right to Remarry Act, 1860 something. The society was not ready. Till even early 90s the society wasn't ready.
18 April 2023 2:30 PM IST
Rohatgi: Nothing is absolute. SG spoke of transgenders (persons). Transgender (persons) are only the T out of LGBT. LGB is not concerned with transgenders (persons).
18 April 2023 2:30 PM IST
Rohatgi: Justice Chandrachud had referred to the origin of lord Ayappa. How was the lord form? Union of two gods- Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu, with lord Vishnu in the role of Mohini.
18 April 2023 2:29 PM IST
Rohatgi: I found that Nero, the Roman emperor in 1854 married twice- two men, in that time.
18 April 2023 2:26 PM IST
Rohatgi: Yes so how can you say that these individuals are not equals? I'm pained to read that this is an "elitist concept"- that's the affidavit of the centre.
18 April 2023 2:23 PM IST
Justice Narasimha: What connects to the lowest level to the unity of the country is the individual - the individual to the nation. Dignity, Justice is connected to individuals.
18 April 2023 2:22 PM IST
CJI DY Chandrachud: So justice to each of us, liberty to each of us, equality to each of us, and fraternity to all.
18 April 2023 2:22 PM IST
CJI DY Chandrachud: And the latter part says "to promote among them all"- so it goes beyond the individual.
Rohatgi: Yes, all means the entire society.
18 April 2023 2:21 PM IST
CJI DY Chandrachud: There are two words in the preamble which have not been dealt with too often- "and to secure to all of its citizens". Secure means to enable them to have protection of rights.
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