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The Supreme Court on October 17 refused to legalise same-sex marriage, with three justices of the five-judge bench maintaining that the decision comes under the purview of the legislature. The verdict was looked on as a possible milestone for the LGBTQIA+ community as it would have allowed lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, pansexual, two-spirit, asexual and ally persons several rights and privileges related to insurance, adoption, and inheritance.

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US Supreme Court to consider hearing plea to overturn legalisation of same-sex marriages nationwide

November 07, 2025 8:21 pm

In June 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled in the Obergefell v. Hodges case, that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples in the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

Ten years after US Supreme Court’s 'Obergefell' judgment legalised same-sex marriage, an erosion of LGBTQIA+ rights

July 22, 2025 1:55 pm

From classrooms to courtrooms, LGBTQIA+ rights are more fragile than ever in the US, with the Court’s recent rulings sharply curtailing legal protections for transgender people

‘Don’t see why not…’: Delhi HC on plea seeking rights for same-sex couples to make medical decisions for each other

July 18, 2025 3:00 am

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre and the National Medical Commission to respond to a plea that flagged the absence of legal recognition for same-sex partners in medical decision-making.

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On LGBTQIA+ rights, why India lags behind its Asian neighbours like Thailand

February 02, 2025 3:03 pm

Thailand is now the largest Asian country to have legalised same-sex marriage. But in India, the Supreme Court has left it to Parliament.

LGBTQ+ couples register marriages as Thailand legalises same sex marriage

January 23, 2025 8:19 am

Thailand passed the Marriage Equality Bill in June 2024 and it comes into effect on January 23 with the country becoming first in South Asia and third in Asia to legalize same sex marriage.

same-sex marriage The five-judge bench comprised Justices BR Gavai, Suryakant, BV Nagarathna, PS Narasimha and Dipankar Datta.

SC closes door on same-sex marriage again, rejects review plea, says ‘no interference is warranted’

January 10, 2025 11:12 am

A five-judge bench of Justices B R Gavai, Surya Kant, B V Nagarathna, P S Narasimha and Dipankar Datta, which considered the petitions in chamber, found no error apparent on the face of the record of the majority view authored by Justice (retired) S Ravindra Bhat in the 2023 ruling.

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South Korea's top court upholds landmark ruling over same-sex spousal state benefits

July 18, 2024 2:20 pm

Chief Justice Jo Hee-de said that denying them such benefits because of gender, even though there are no clauses in the national health insurance act specifying it, constituted discrimination based on sexual orientation.

SC on same sex marriage: No open court hearing of pleas for verdict review

July 10, 2024 4:58 am

A five judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud had on October 17 last year refused to accord legal backing to same-sex marriage.

Same-sex marriage verdict: SC to consider review pleas on July 10

July 06, 2024 4:42 am

Challenging the ruling, the review petitions said it “suffers from errors apparent on the face of the record and is self-contradictory and manifestly unjust”.

According to the cause list of July 10 uploaded on the apex court website, a five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud would consider in-chamber the pleas seeking review of the October 17 last year verdict.

SC to consider pleas seeking review of verdict declining legal recognition to same-sex marriage

July 05, 2024 6:47 pm

In a setback to gay rights activists, the apex court had on October 17 last year refused to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriage, saying there was "no unqualified right" to marriage except those that are recognised by law.

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SC unanimously says no to same-sex marriage

October 17, 2023 2:33 pm

In its much-awaited judgment, the apex court said that the right to marriage is not a fundamental one. It added that it cannot strike down the provisions of the Special Marriage Act or read words differently while maintaining that homosexuality is not an urban or elite concept.