NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned taking up review petitions against October 17, 2023 judgment, which declined to recognise same sex marriage, since Justice Sanjiv Khanna recused from the matter.
A five-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud was to take up the matter in judges chambers on July 10.
However, it is learnt that Justice Khanna, who was a part of the bench, opted himself out of the matter.
With this, a fresh bench would now be constituted by the CJI to consider the petitions.
Besides the CJI and Justice Khanna, the other judges in the bench were Justices B V Nagarathna, Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha.
The Supreme Court's five-judge Constitution bench had earlier last year dismissed a batch of pleas for recognition of same sex marriage,
The court had declined to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages, saying it is only for the Parliament and state legislatures to create such institutions and grant them legal validation.
The court, however, had favoured for putting in place mechanism to save such couples from discrimination and harassment in their daily lives.
It and had asked the government to act on its proposal to form a high-powered committee to expeditiously look into genuine human concerns faced by them.
In April, this year, the Centre has appointed a committee headed by Cabinet Secretary as its chairperson for taking measures by the central and state governments to ensure there is no discrimination in access to goods and services to the queer community and they do not face any threat of violence, harassment or coercion.
