Steer Clear Of Personal Laws: Supreme Court On Same-Sex Marriage

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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that at this stage it could “steer clear of personal laws” and focus on interpretation of the Special Marriage Act to open doors for same-sex marriage. On day 1 of the hearing on pleas seeking recognition of same sex marriage, the five-judge Constitution Bench acknowledged that if the arguments touched on the Hindu Marriage Act, then it opened a pandora’s box for contentions in all personal laws. There is “sage wisdom” in going about the “interpretive task” in an “incremental manner”, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud observed. Supreme Court…

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