The Indian government opposes recognizing same\u002Dsex marriages, it said in a filing to the Supreme Court on Sunday.
In an historic verdict in 2018, India’s top court decriminalized homosexuality by scrapping a colonial-era ban on gay sex. The current case is being seen as a further important development on LGBT rights in the country..At least 15 pleas, some by gay couples, have been filed in recent months asking the court to recognize same-sex marriages, setting the stage for this legal face-off with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
Japan is the only country among the Group of Seven nations that does not legally recognize same-sex unions, although the public broadly favours recognition. The issue has stoked emotions in the media and in parliament, where a member of Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party in December asked the government to strongly oppose the petitions filed in the top court.Article content
In Sunday’s filing, the government argued the 2018 ruling cannot mean recognizing a fundamental legal right to same-sex marriage under the laws of the country.
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