Supreme Court To Consider Requests To Review Verdict On Same-Sex Marriage

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider on July 10 a batch of pleas seeking review of its last year’s judgement which refused to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriage.According to the cause list of July 10 uploaded on the top court website, a five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud would consider in-chamber the pleas seeking review of the October 17 last year verdict.As per the practice, the review pleas are considered in-chamber by five-judge benches.Besides the CJI, the other members of the bench will be Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Hima Kohli, BV Nagarathna and PS Narasimha.In a setback to gay rights activists, the top court had on October 17 last year refused to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriage, saying there was “no unqualified right” to marriage with the exception of those that are recognised by law.The top court, however, had made a strong pitch for the rights of queer people so they don’t face discrimination in accessing goods and services that are available to others, safe houses known as ‘Garima Greh’ in all districts to provide shelter to members of the community facing harassment and violence and dedicated hotline numbers which they could use in case of trouble.