: Odisha HC allows same-sex couple to live-in, says ‘love knows no bounds has expanded its bounds’ #IndiaNEWS The Odisha High Court has allowed a same-sex couple to continue a live-in relationship,

Odisha HC allows same-sex couple to live-in, says ‘love knows no bounds has expanded its bounds’ #IndiaNEWS
The Odisha High Court has allowed a same-sex couple to continue a live-in relationship, extending state protection to them. The order was passed on Monday by a division bench of Justices SK Mishra and Savitri Ratho, while hearing the habeas corpus petition of a 24-year-old transman.The petitioner, Chinmayee Jena alias Sonu Krishna Jena, preferred to be addressed as he/his. He exercised his rights to self-gender determination under the Supreme Court’s 2014 judgment in NALSA vs Union of India case, which directed the Centre and state to grant legal recognition for the third gender and ensure there is no discrimination against them. He told the court his partner was forcibly separated by the latter’s mother and uncle in April and they were trying to arrange her marriage.Jena stated that the legislature has acknowledged live-in relationships, irrespective of the gender, outside marriage by giving rights and privileges under the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The judges wrote two separate but concurrent orders while allowing the petitioner to stay with her partner. “The state shall provide all kind of protection to them, which are enshrined in Part-III of the Constitution of India, which includes the right to life, right to equality before law and 18 equal...Read more

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