![]() ![]() Kanav Sahgal works as a communications officer for a New Delhi think tank Image: privat Homosexuality in India todayĬonsensual intercourse between adults of the same sex was only decriminalized in the country in 2018, following a landmark decision by the Supreme Court in the Navtej Johar v. ![]() It equally affects the definition of a beneficiary to a bank account, "The law stipulates that the spouse belongs to the opposite gender," Sahgal tells DW. The disparities of treatment between heterosexual and homosexual couples is also noticeable at many levels. For example, Kanav Sahgal, a writer on LGBTQ issues who works for the think tank Vidhi Center for Legal Policy, explains that hospitals usually require a patient undergoing a procedure to fill in the name of their spouse, mother, father or another person. Currently, he says, gay persons can only fill in their partner's names under "other." Gay couples in the country currently face hurdles when it comes to adoption, inheritance and alimony, among other issues. That could change soon: Beginning April 18, India's Supreme Court will start hearing final arguments to determine whether same-sex marriages should be legalized. In India, homosexuality is legally permitted, but same-sex unions have not been recognized yet.
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