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HC Asks Centre To Respond To Plea To Recognise Same Sex Marriages Under Law

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HC Asks Centrꦚe To Respond To P𝓀lea To Recognise Same Sex Marriages Under Law
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The Delhi High Court on T𝐆hursday asked🅰 the Centre to respond  to a PIL seeking a declaration recognising same sex marriages under the Hindu Marriage Act and Special Marriage Act.

A bench of Justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Asha Menon issued notice to the Centre on the plea and asked it to file a counter affidavit within✤ four weeks.

Petitioner Abhijit Iyer Mitra has contended in the petition that marriages between same sex co💝upl♏es are not possible despite the Supreme Court decriminalising consensual homosexual acts.