{"id":217519,"date":"2022-12-07T20:25:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=217519"},"modified":"2022-12-07T20:25:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:55:04","slug":"why-and-how-the-supreme-court-should-recognise-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-and-how-the-supreme-court-should-recognise-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Why and how the Supreme Court should recognise same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201c<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-lgbtq-8306871\/\"><strong>Why and how the Supreme Court should recognise same-sex marriage<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>The Indian Express <\/strong>on <strong>7th December 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS1- Social empowerment. GS2- Vulnerable sections<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>&#8211; Issues related to LGBT<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; The article explains the issue of same-sex marriages.<\/p>\n<p>Recently petitions were filed in higher courts of country for legal recognition of same sex marriages .<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are legal issues with same sex marriages in India?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Special Marriage Act, 1954 under Section 4<\/strong> lays down the conditions relating to solemnization of special marriages. It lays down the condition that male has completed the age of 21 years and female the age of 18 years.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the legislation, there are\u00a0 references to <strong>\u201chusband\u201d and \u201cwife\u201d <\/strong>in provisions relating to marriage.<\/p>\n<p>If same-sex marriages are to be recognized under SMA, then the SC would need to interpret in every reference to husband and wife under the present statute the word <strong>\u201cspouse\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the case of South Africa regarding the same subject?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>constitutional court of Africa<\/strong> did the same thing in\u00a0 2005.<\/p>\n<p>It held that same sex couples should be enabled to enjoy the status and benefits that is given to <strong>heterosexual couples<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are other provisions of law that need to be corrected for same-sex marriages?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 of SMA<\/strong> mandates a notice of intended marriage publicly, the <strong>filing of objections<\/strong> by any parties who may object to any marriage, and the decision making by the marriage officer on such objections.<\/p>\n<p>These sections are used by families of couples to prohibit <strong>inter-caste marriage<\/strong>. It will also be used against the <strong>same-sex marriages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There is a need for seeking the deletion of these sections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cWhy and how the Supreme Court should recognise same-sex marriage\u201d published in The Indian Express on 7th December 2022. Syllabus: GS1- Social empowerment. GS2- Vulnerable sections Relevance&#8211; Issues related to LGBT News&#8211; The article explains the issue of same-sex marriages. 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