SAME SEX UNION

Supreme Court reserves verdict on legal status of same-sex marriage

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions seeking right to marriage for members of the LGBTQIA+ community under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, which faced stiff Opposition from the Centre and state governments, while dropping broad hints that it could consider issuing a constitutional declaration for same sex couples that may fall short of giving marriage rights to them.