I. INTRODUCTION
Last month, the Supreme Court of India began hearing a batch of
20 petitions seeking the legal recognition of same-sex marriages. A
five-judge constitution bench comprising the Chief Justice of India
DY Chandrachud, and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S Ravindra Bhat,
PS Narasimha, and Hima Kohli began hearing the petitions mid-April,
with both sides concluding their arguments on May 11, 2023. While
at least two of these writ petitions were originally filed in the
Supreme Court, nine other petitions seeking the same relief in the
High Courts of Delhi and Kerala were transferred to the Supreme
Court earlier this year. Acknowledging that these petitions raised
issues of "seminal importance," the Supreme Court also
allowed for the live streaming of the arguments.
