Some Rights, But No Legal Recognition Of Marriage to LGBTQIA+: Centre to SC
By Ritika Jain The Centre on Wednesday took a diversion from their declared view and told the Supreme Court that the government is agreeable to forming a committee which would examine if certain legal rights can be granted to couples from the LGBTQIA+ community without giving them the legal recognition of “marriage”. “The government is positive. What we have decided is that this would need coordination between more than one ministry. So therefore, a committee headed by no less than the cabinet secretary will be constituted,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said. “Suppose the government says tha...