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The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that there was no “absolute concept of a man or an absolute concept of a woman” and that gender was “far more complex” than one’s genitals.
A Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud was responding to the Centre’s argument that laws, including the Special Marriage Act, recognised only heterosexual marriages between a “biological man and a biological woman”.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal validation of same-sex marriages, an issue that has wide societal ramifications and has sharply divided opinion. The hearing for the day has ended and the Constitution bench will re-assemble on Wednesday.
