New Delhi, 10/5: The Union government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court it has received responses from seven states on the issue of same-sex marriage and the governments of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Assam have opposed granting legal validation for such wedlock.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told a five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud that states like Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Sikkim have said the issue needed a “very intense and expansive debate” and they would not be able to submit their responses immediately.
In an affidavit filed in the apex court earlier, the government had said it had issued a letter on April 18 to all states inviting comments and views on the “seminal issue” raised in these petitions.
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