Risks of legal challenge to definition of marriage illustrated by Indian Supreme Court decision: Shanmugam

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India's highest court ruled last month that familial relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationships.

to recognise different types of"families", Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on Thursday .

"Our courts have traditionally eschewed such an approach, and have said that these matters should be dealt with in Parliament," Mr Shanmugam said in a Facebook post, adding that planned Constitutional amendments will seek to ensure that. The ruling is the latest in a series of court decisions to challenge India's social norms and could have major implications for the rights of women as well as gay people.

 

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