Gay Couple Moves Supreme Court Seeking Recognition Of Same-Sex Marriage
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The petition raised the absence of a legal framework which allowed members of the LGBTQ+ community to marry any person of their choice.
A gay couple has moved the Supreme Court seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act, and to issue appropriate direction to authorities concerned to allow them to solemnise their marriage.
The petition raised the absence of a legal framework which allowed members of the LGBTQ+ community to marry any person of their choice.
According to the petition, the couple sought to enforce the fundamental rights of LGBTQ+ individuals to marry any person of their choice and said that, "the exercise of which ought to be insulated from the disdain of legislative and popular majorities."
The petitioners, further, asserted their fundamental right to marry each other and prayed for appropriate directions from this Court allowing and enabling them to do so.