Rights of LGBTQ people to be married under the law will be heard in India’s highest court
The Indian government has expressed its vehement opposition to the legalisation of same-sex marriage, calling it an “urban elitist concept” that undermines religious and social values, as the supreme court begins hearings on the rights of LGBTQ people to be married under the law.
On Monday the Hindu nationalist government, led by prime minister Narendra Modi, submitted a strongly worded affidavit to the supreme court expressing its opposition to same-sex marriage and seeking to get the case thrown out of the court. Among those fighting the case are Kavita Arora and Ankita Khanna, a couple from Delhi who have been together for 11 years, after working together and eventually falling in love.
Arora and Khanna, who both work in child mental health, said that in a country like India where marriage holds huge social capital, and is almost the bedrock of society, opening up the institution to same-sex couples would be a momentous step forward in acceptance.
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