Same sex marriages are ‘matter of seminal importance’, says India’s Supreme Court

In 2018 the Supreme Court decriminalised gay sex in the country but did not legalise same-sex unions

India’s Supreme Court has said that the question of legalising same-sex marriages in the country is of “seminal importance” while transferring the matter to a larger constitutional bench.

On Monday, a bench comprising chief justice DY Chandrachud, justice PS Narasimha, and justice JB Pardiwala made the observations while hearing a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriages in the country.

“It is a matter of seminal importance,” Mr Chandrachud said.