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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: Decoding the Supreme Court's judgement against same sex marriage legalisation
Description: The Supreme Court, in a judgement this week refused to give legal recognition to same sex marriages. The court had heard a series of petitions asking for same-sex marriage to be allowed under the Special Marriage Act of 1954 which provides a civil form of marriage for couples who cannot marry under their personal, religious laws.The question before the Court was this: is there a right to marry under the Indian Constitution and is preventing same sex/queer couples from marrying, discriminatory?A five-judge Bench of the Court held that that the SMA was not...