Supreme Court and same sex marriage Justice Sanjiv Khanna of Supreme Court on Wednesday recused from hearing review petitions against the Supreme Court’s October 2023 verdict that refused to recognize the right of same-sex couples to enter into marriages or have civil unions. A five-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud …
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 …
Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Monday said that he does not regret the Supreme Court’s verdict in the same-sex marriage case and the outcome of a judgment is never personal to a judge. While speaking with the news agency PTI, Justice Chandrachud chose to stay silent on the criticism by jurists and …
Catholic priests can now bless same-sex couples across a part of Meghalaya under the Archdiocese of Shillong. The blessing, however, will be without any type of ritual of the church that resembles a marriage rite, a declaration issued by Victor Lyngdoh, the Archbishop of Shillong said on Friday. Also read: Pope Francis approves blessings for …
Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it. The document from the Vatican’s doctrine office, released on Monday, elaborates on a …
Five months after the Supreme Court legalised it, Nepal on Wednesday formally registered the first case of same-sex marriage, making it the first South Asian country to do so. Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey receive their marriage certificate after legally registering same-sex marriage, at Dordi Rural Municipality of Lamjung district in Western Nepal. (PTI) {{^userSubscribed}} …
Rome — Pope Francis opened a big meeting Wednesday on the future of the Catholic Church, where contentious topics will be discussed. The three-week General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, sometimes called the Super Bowl of the Catholic Church, has drawn bishops from around the world to discuss hot button issues …