India Top Court to Start Hearing Same-Sex Marriage Case
- Supreme Court to begin hearing detailed arguments April 18
- Indian government has opposed legal sanction for gay marriages
LGBTQ community members and supporters take part in a Pride parade in New Delhi.
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A five-judge panel of India’s Supreme Court will begin hearing detailed arguments on April 18 in a landmark case seeking marriage equality for the country’s LGBTQ community.
The top court said the issue was of “seminal importance” and must be heard by a larger panel of judges. The order came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government opposed legalizing same-sex marriages and pressed for the issue to be debated and decided only by parliament.