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India's Supreme Court rejects calls to legalise same-sex marriage
India, DY Chandrachud, said "that the court can neither strike down or read words into the Special Marriage Act to include same sex members within the ambit of the 1954 law".It is up to parliament and state legislatures to enact laws on marriage, the court said.But "queer persons", he said, do "have an equal right and freedom to enter into a union".The case was brought to the highest court in the land by 18 couples and petitioners seeking legal recognition of conjugal rights.They challenged the constitutionality of provisions of various marriage laws on the grounds that they are discriminatory and deny equality to citizens, a fundamental right enshrined in the constitution of India.