Tag: Same Sex Marriage

"We are a group of former judges, the conscientious and concerned citizens of India appreciate the Supreme Court verdict on same-sex relation delivered on 17 October 2023 has received overwhelming applaud from the society except the LGBTQ+ community and minuscule section thereof."

“There are four separate judgements in the matter,” the CJI said and started reading out operative portion of his verdict.

The five-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJI D Y Chandrachud, which was hearing the batch of petitions by members of the LGBTQIA+ community seeking right

Taking to their Instagram handles, Verala, 26 and Valentín, 22, announced, “After deciding to keep our relationship private, we now open our doors to a special day.”

The Centre opposed the application and sought its dismissal saying live streaming can be allowed only after the framing of a comprehensive framework by way of rules, including for the protection of data.

Taipei: Taiwan has rejected same-sex marriages, in a blow to the island’s reputation as a rights trailblazer in Asia. The referendum results came despite a high court ruling in March 2017 in favour of such unions that had given parliament two years to amend laws or pass new ones. It was unclear how Saturday’s voting […]

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Sunday said a “yes” vote in the upcoming same-sex marriage poll was a question of “fairness”, the media reported. Addressing the “New South Wales Liberals and Nationals for Yes” campaign launch here, Turnbull said this change had already happened in many countries around the world, reports the Guardian. […]

Melbourne: Australia’s High Court on Thursday ruled that a national postal vote on same-sex marriage will go ahead, after a challenge by marriage equality advocates failed, the media reported. Same-sex marriage advocates had taken the government to court over the postal vote which they argued was both unnecessary and an illegal use of public funds, […]

Washington: One week after the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples can marry nationwide and states cannot ban such marriages, Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal has finally fallen in line. The Republican presidential candidate had held off on abiding by the top court’s ruling until a lower federal court ordered the State to do […]

Washington: A gay rights advocacy group and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana are suing Louisiana’s Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal for issuing an executive order aimed at protecting opponents of same-sex marriage. Jindal signed the religious freedom executive order in May hours after the Louisiana Legislature refused to pass a bill that would have […]

Kendrapara: After the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict decriminalising ‘homosexuality’ on September 6 last year, reports of two girls tying nuptial knot has become the talk of the town in Kendrapara. According to reports, a girl from Mahakalpara area and another one from Pattamundai had developed a strong liking towards each other and had been in […]

The two girls with their mutual consent got married according to Hindu rituals in a temple located in Sohna on Friday. The girl form Gurugram's Pataudi area became wife, while the girl from Jhajjar became husband.

Taipei: Taiwan’s Parliament on Friday legalized same-sex marriage following a vote, a landmark decision that makes the self-ruled island the first in Asia to pass gay marriage legislation. In 2017, the island’s constitutional court ruled that same-sex couples had the right to legally marry, reports the BBC. Parliament was given a two-year deadline and was required […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking review of its order which had rejected a petition seeking various civil rights such as same-sex marriage, adoption and surrogacy for the LGBTQ community. A three-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana, in an in-chamber decision on July 11, dismissed the review plea filed […]

Puri/Malkangiri: Marriages are made in heaven and solemnized on earth with love. The saying couldn’t have been proven truer with anything than the story of two couples who broke geographical and ideological boundaries to unite. He was dressed in sherwani and reciting Jagannath Jananas while with her mehendi, vermillion and Mangal Sutra she wore a […]