India’s top court rules against allowing same-sex marriage | LGBTQ News

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Five-judge bench rules that current law is discriminatory fives years after striking down colonial-era ban on gay sex.

India’s Supreme Court has declined to approve same-sex marriages in a blow for LGBT rights in the world’s most populous country.

A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud announced the ruling on Tuesday after hearing arguments in the case between April and May.