India's Supreme Court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage, says it is up to Parliament
India’s top court refused to legalize same-sex marriages, with the chief justice of the country saying Tuesday that it was up to Parliament to create such a law.
KATHMANDU: In a historic move, authorities in the western Lamjung district formally recognized the marriage of Maya Gurung, 35, and Surendra Pandey, 27, on Wednesday, marking Nepal’s first registered same-sex marriage. This development follows a significant interim order from the Supreme Court, issued five months ago, permitting same-sex couples to officially register their marriages. The […]
The Supreme Court of India, in its recent decision, has rejected the plea to legally recognise same-sex marriage. The petitioners had stated that the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) community should be able t
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Even though the Supreme Court has refused to give marriage equality rights to the LGBTQIA+ community noting that conferring legal status to civil union can only be through a law enacted by Parliament, petitioners and rights activists, though disappointed, were of the view that the verdict had many observations that were in […]
Kathmandu District Court has refused to register the marriage of a same-sex couple who approached KDC following an order from the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court issued an interim order to the government to put in place a transitional mechanism to ensure marriage registration of same-sex couples and other non-traditional heterosexual couples.
The Supreme Court has issued an interim order directing the government to register temporary marriages of same-sex couples.
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LGBT activists say that while 2018 ruling affirmed their constitutional rights, they are still deprived of legal backing for same-sex marriages, a basic right enjoyed by heterosexual married couples.
WASHINGTON, Nov 30: The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would protect federal recognition of same-sex marriage, a measure taken up in response to worries the Supreme Court could overturn a 2015 decision that legalized it nationwide.
