LIVE | ‘Only Parliament can make laws to allow same-sex marriages, not courts’

CJI: "There shall be no harassment to queer community by summoning them to police station solely to enquire about their sexual identity.

Police should not force queer persons to return to their natal family." 

CJI's conclusions:

1. This court has the power to hear the case. 

2. Queer is a natural phenomena known to India from ages. It is neither urban or elitist. 

3. Marriage is not static.  

CJI: "No person shall be forced to undergo any hormonal therapy." 

CJI: "A transgender person is in a heterosexual relationship, such a marriage is recognised by the law. Since a transgender person can be in a heterosexual relationship, a union between a transman and a transwoman or vice versa can be registered under SMA."

CJI: "All persons, including queer persons, have the right to judge the moral quality of their lives. The meaning of liberty is the ability to be who one wishes to be."

CJI: "Choosing a life partner is is an integral part of choosing one's course of life. Some may regard this as the most important decision of their life. This right goes to the root of the right to life and liberty under Article 21."

CJI: "This court has recognised that queer persons cannot be discriminated upon. Material benefits and services flowing to heterosexual couples and denied to queer couples will be a violation of their fundamental right."