Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 920 · Decided 17 October 2023
Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty & Anr v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 920 · [2023] 16 S.C.R. 1209
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1011/2022
- Decided
- 17 October 2023
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, S. RAVINDRA BHAT, HIMA KOHLI, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issues for consideration: The issues were primarily two-fold: (a) the status of the right to marry for LGBTQ+ couples and (b) depending upon the answer to the fi rst, the The petitioners (members of LGBTQ community)asserted that marriage is an evolving social institution, capable of embracing the union of two willing non-heterosexual, queer or LGBTQ+ (used interchangeably) individuals and necessitating state recognition. On the other, the respondents asserted
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