The Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud-led Constitution Bench, which is listening to a batch of petitions in search of legal sanction of same-sex marriage, was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, “The government is positive. What we have decided is that this (issues concerning same-sex couples) would need coordination between more than one ministry. So, therefore a committee headed by no less than the cabinet secretary will be constituted.”

He added that the petitioners can submit their strategies or the issues they’re going through, “which the committee will go into and will try and see that so far as legally permissible, they are addressed”.

Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi, showing for the petitioners, remarked, “This at best is administrative tweaking. Legal tweaking is another thing.” He added, “Whatever is given by administrative tweaking is actually welcome. But it might not be a substitute (to a authorized answer).

During the course of the listening to within the Supreme Court, the Centre has urged the apex court to leave the issue to Parliament. SG Mehta has argued that the legislation can’t be re-drafted once more to permit same-sex marriage.

— with inputs from Live Law