Same-sex marriage judgment asks queer citizens to wait for true equality at a future time that may never arrive

Title: Same-sex marriage judgment asks queer citizens to wait for true equality at a future time that may never arrive

Published on: October 22, 2023

Published in: The Indian Express

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Kunal Ambasta

Excerpt:

“For about the last 15 years, the queer rights movement has enriched the constitutional law of this country. Some of the most cherished constitutional values and rights have been fleshed out with the movement as its springboards at the Supreme Court…. The Court fully acknowledges, in abstract, the rights of queer couples to equal treatment before the law, dignity, and of the numerous tangible and intangible benefits of the institution of marriage, but refuses to ensure any of these rights to a clear case of legal discrimination or to craft a suitable remedy.”