Live Updates: Supreme Court To Hear Requests Over Same-Sex Marriage Today

Live Updates: The centre has termed requests to legally recognise same-sex marriages as "mere urban elitist views for social acceptance".

The Supreme Court will today hear a batch of requests seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriages, a day after the government reiterated its opposition to any such legal move. Arguing against legal sanction to gay marriages, the centre yesterday termed such requests as "mere urban elitist views for social acceptance".

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, and Justices SK Kaul, Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli, and PS Narasimha, is set to hear the petitions today.