The Supreme Court heard arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages. Are two spouses who belong to a binary gender essential for marriage, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud asked while hearing arguments today. "We see these [same-sex] relationships not just as physical relations but something more of a stable, emotional relationship," Justice Chandrachud said on the third day of the hearing by a five-judge bench that is being live-streamed on the court website and YouTube.
On Wednesday, the top court emphasised on the need to finish the matter in a time-bound manner, saying there are other cases waiting to be heard.
The five-judge constitution bench is headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud.
The Centre has urged the Supreme Court that all states and Union Territories be made parties to the proceedings on the pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages.
The Supreme Court had last year sought the Centre's response to separate pleas moved by two gay couples seeking enforcement of their right to marry and a direction to the authorities concerned to register their marriages under the Special Marriage Act.
