“Government to set up a committee to deliberate on same-sex marriage issue”, Swarajyamag, October 17, 2023:

“The Supreme Court on Tuesday (18 October) directed the Centre to set up a committee to examine the rights and benefits to queer couples.

This comes as the apex court dismissed a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriages.

“The Union Government will constitute a committee to decide the rights and entitlements of persons in queer unions. This committee will consider including queer couples as ‘family’ in ration cards, enabling queer couples to nominate for joint bank accounts, rights flowing from pension, gratuity, etc.” CJI Chandrachud said while pronouncing the landmark verdict today……”

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