‘SAME SEX UNION ELITIST VIEW’

New Delhi: A day ahead of the constitution bench hearing in the Supreme Court seeking recognition of same-sex marriage in India, the Centre urged the top court to dismiss the batch of petitions stressing that the issues should be left to the wisdom of the elected representatives of the people.

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice P S Narsimha, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice S Narsimha is scheduled to hear the batch of petitions on Tuesday. The court has been seized of 15 petitions demanding legal recognition for samesex marriages.

Hearing, consequential outcome will have significant ramifications for country where common people and parties hold divergent views on the subject.