Harish Iyer: Legal backing for #samesexmarriage doesn't need new law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQCalihv9lc Mar 16, 2023
The government has failed. We aren't asking the government to formulate new laws. We only demand interpreting the current laws in a wider sense and with an open mind to be more inclusive, says Harish Iyer, an equal rights activist based in Mumbai while he spoke to the Times of India in this TOI Dialogues episode on same-sex marriage.
Supreme Court of India on Monday referred a bunch of pleas seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriages to a five-judge constitution bench for adjudication, saying it is a “seminal issue” and an “important matter”. The apex court took the step despite the Centre’s insistence that Parliament alone should take a call on the subject whose intricacies could impact “how our society develops henceforth”.
In this exclusive conversation, Harish gives us a deeper insight on why same-sex marriages need to be legalised in India and how it's not just about marriage but more about civil, social, economic rights that other cisgender heterosexual couples enjoy in the country.