A plea, by an NGO, before the Delhi High Court, has sought that same-sex marriages should not be permitted under the Hindu Marriage Act.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong>: The plea comes at a time when at least eight petitions seeking legalisation of same-sex marriages in India under the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA), the Special Marriage Act and the Foreign Marriage Act, are pending before the High Court.<\/p>\n They have also sought a declaration that legal recognition of same-sex marriages is a fundamental right.<\/p>\n It must be noted that in 2018, the Supreme Court overturned a previous judgment and ruled that consensual homosexual sex was not a criminal offence<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n However, same-sex marriages are yet to be recognised in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n The NGO has stated that,<\/p>\n – <\/strong>Under the Hindu customs, two people of opposite sex can marry to give sanity<\/strong> to the family system and purpose of legitimacy<\/strong> to children.<\/p>\n –<\/strong> Any attempt to tinker with Hindu Marriage Act in a way that it affects the age-old harmless beliefs of Hindus will be a direct intrusion by secular state<\/strong> into the religious right of Hindus that is guaranteed by the Constitution.<\/p>\n –<\/strong> The petition seeking recognition of same-sex marriage under HMA was not reasonable<\/strong> when at the same time it was not permitted under the marriage laws pertaining to other religions.<\/p>\n –<\/strong> Judicial interference will cause complete havoc with the delicate balance<\/strong> of personal laws.<\/p>\n Source<\/strong>: This post is based on the article \u201cPlea in Delhi HC opposes legalisation of same-sex marriages under Hindu Marriage Act<\/strong>\u201d published in The Indian Express<\/strong> on 4th Dec 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the news? A plea, by an NGO, before the Delhi High Court, has sought that same-sex marriages should not be permitted under the Hindu Marriage Act. Background: The plea comes at a time when at least eight petitions seeking legalisation of same-sex marriages in India under the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA), the Special… Continue reading Plea in Delhi HC opposes legalisation of same-sex marriages under Hindu Marriage Act<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[10500,10551,8131],"class_list":["post-150893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","tag-same-sex-marriage","tag-social-issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703693401},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What are the key points in the petition?<\/h5>\n