“A bench of the Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice was hearing the matter pertaining to validity of same-sex marriage, today (18 April).

In its course, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, while representing the Centre argued that acceptance of societal relationships is never dependent on judgements of legislations. It comes only from within.

He stated that even if personal laws are left aside, in Special Marriage Act also the legislative intent throughout has been the relationship between a biological male and a biological female. 

To which, CJI Chandrachud responded that there is no absolute concept of a man or a woman….”