The Special Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2022[1] is a Bill of the Parliament of India which seeks to legalise same-sex marriage in India by amending the Special Marriage Act, 1954.[2] It was filed in the Lok Sabha on 2 April 2022 by MP Supriya Sule as a Private member's bill.[3] The proposal would amend various sections of the Act to provide same-sex couples with the same legal rights as opposite-sex couples. The bill would fix the marriageable age at 21 for male couples and at 18 for lesbian couples.[4]
References
edit- ^ "South Asian Translaw Database" (PDF).
- ^ "Special Marriage Act, 1954". www.indiacode.nic.in. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ "NCP's Supriya Sule brings Bill to legalise same-sex marriage". The Indian Express. 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ "NCP MP Supriya Sule introduces bill in Parl on legalising same-sex marriage". The Hindustan Times. 1 April 2022.