Saying the issue has a “profound social impact”, the Centre on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court for consideration of leaving questions raised in the pleas for same sex marriages to Parliament, reported NDTV.
The pleas in the Supreme Court have been seeking legal sanction for same sex marriages.
The report quoting Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, told a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud that the top court is dealing with a “very complex subject", which has a "profound social impact".
"The real question is who would take a call on what constitutes marriage and between whom," the report quoted Mehta as having said on the fifth day of hearing.
“He told the bench, also comprising Justices SK Kaul, SR Bhat, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha, that there would be ramifications on several other statutes which would need a debate in the society and also in various state legislatures,” it mentioned.
The hearing in the matter is currently underway.
More details will be added.
