Trinamool Congress chief Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday expressed his help for same-intercourse marriage, declaring that everybody has the proper to select their lifestyles companion. He additionally criticised the Centre for delaying the issue.
The Supreme Court, in a listening to on Wednesday for a batch of petitions searching for criminal reputation of same-intercourse marriage, emphasized that the nation can’t discriminate in opposition to an man or woman primarily based totally on their sexual characteristics, which they haven’t any manage over. The courtroom docket additionally said that the Centre has no proof to help its declare that same-intercourse marriage is “elitist” or “city”.
One of the Centre`s affidavits filed withinside the apex courtroom docket argued that the petitions replicate an “city elitist” angle and that the popularity of marriage is a legislative characteristic that courts ought to now no longer adjudicate on.
“The rely is sub judice. So I could now no longer want to touch upon it. But I sense that love has no religion, caste or creed… If I am a person and I am keen on a person, and if I am a female and I am keen on a female, anyone has were given the proper to fall in love… Everybody has the proper to select their respective lifestyles companion be it a person or a female,” Banerjee said.
Responding to a query at the Centre submitting a testimony urging all states and union events to be made events to the lawsuits to are searching for their opinion, the Trinamool Congress countrywide trendy secretary accused the Centre of looking to dilly-dallying on the problem.
“The Centre is intentionally delaying the problem. This tactic maintains the problem dangling for no reason. They may want to have finished that withinside the final seven years in the event that they have been critical approximately searching for an opinion. They need to dilly-dally on the problem for no reason,” Banerjee said.
On Wednesday, West Bengal leader minister Mamata Banerjee favored to stay non-committal approximately the day`s tendencies in Supreme Court.
“I will now no longer say whatever proper now due to the fact the problem is sub-judice. I constantly love folks that love others. But this rely is so touchy that I can even must understand the heart beat of the people. And permit me see the courtroom docket judgment first. Whatever judgment the courtroom docket gives, we are able to observe and best then we are able to can help you understand,” Mamata informed journalists for the duration of a press convention from Nabanna, the nation secretariat.
