Delhi HC fixes for final hearing pleas to recognise same-sex marriages under law
The Hindu
The bench granted time to the parties for filing replies and rejoinders in the matter and listed it for final hearing on November 30.
The Delhi High Court Monday listed for final hearing separate pleas, including by two same sex couples, seeking a declaration recognising same sex marriages under the special, Hindu and foreign marriage laws.
A bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh granted time to the parties for filing replies and rejoinders in the matter and listed it for final hearing on November 30.
In the first petition, Abhijit Iyer Mitra and three others have contended that same-sex marriages are not possible despite the Supreme Court's decriminalising consensual homosexual acts and sought a declaration to recognise them under the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA) and Special Marriage Act (SMA).
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