Same sex marriages not recognised by our laws, society and our values

The Central Government has told the Delhi High Court that marriage between same sex couples was “not permissible” as it is not recognised by “our laws, legal system, society and our values”.

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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, said the 2018 judgment of the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court “merely decriminalises homosexuality or lesbianism, nothing more, nothing less”.

On September 6, 2018, a five-judge Constitution Bench, unanimously held that criminalisation of private consensual sexual conduct between adults of the same sex under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is clearly unconstitutional.

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is a section of the Indian Penal Code introduced in 1861. It makes sexual activities “against the order of nature” illegal.