5-judge Constitution Bench to decide if same-sex marriages can be legal

A Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud refers petitions to legally recognise same-sex marriages to a Constitution Bench of five judges.

The hearing of the case would be livestreamed from April 18 in public interest.

The petitioners argued that the Court’s judgment in Navtej Singh Johar in 2018, while decriminalising homosexuality, upheld the individual right to family and choice of partners.