India’s Supreme Court finished hearing a clutch of petitions urging the court to validate same-sex marriage in the country, back in May 2023. A five-judge constitutional bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Ravindra Bhat, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice PS Narasimha heard the arguments, and will soon pass their judgement on pleas seeking recognition of same-sex marriage under the Special Marriage Act, Foreign Marriage Act and the Hindu Marriage Act.

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Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)—a Hindu nationalist organisation considered to be the political and social guide to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)—struck a conciliatory note with regards to the LGBTQ community and transgender persons.

Mohan Bhagwat, chief of influential Hindu group RSS, expresses support to LGBTQ community

Kicking away the social stigma, Asmita Sarkar of eastern India?s Jadavpur University has taken up the poll fight as a homosexual candidate

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