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SC To Hear Pleas Related To Same Sex Marriage On April 18

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Final arguments over granting legal recognition to same-sex marriages in India will be heard on April 18 by a five-judge Constitution bench, the Supreme Court said today. Any decision on the subject would have a huge bearing on society, the Supreme Court said, calling it “a matter of seminal importance”, reported NDTV.

The hearing will be live-streamed on the SC website and YouTube. “This judgment will have a huge bearing on society – don’t cut down anyone’s time and this must be considered,” a three-judge bench said.

“We are of the view that it would be appropriate if the issues raised are resolved by the bench of five judges of this court with due regard to A 145(3) of the Constitution. Thus, we direct it to be placed before a constitution bench,” the judges said.

The Centre had earlier argued that same-sex marriage is not compatible with the concept of an “Indian family unit”, which it said consists of “a husband, a wife, and children which necessarily presuppose a biological man as a ‘husband’, a biological woman as a ‘wife’ and the children born out of the union between the two – who are reared by the biological man as a father and the biological woman as a mother”.

The government said despite the decriminalization of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the petitioners cannot claim a fundamental right for same-sex marriage to be recognized under the laws of the country.

The Centre said living together as partners and having a sexual relationship by same-sex individuals (which is decriminalized now) is not comparable with the Indian family unit concept, urging the court to reject challenges to the current legal framework lodged by LGBTQ+ couples. At least four gay couples in recent months have asked the court to recognize same-sex marriages.

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ICICI Bank-Videocon case: CBI seeks three-day custody of Videocon chairman, Chanda and Deepak Kochhar

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New Delhi: Videocon chairman Venugopal Dhoot, former MD and CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar were brought to CBI court on Monday in connection with the ICICI Bank-Videocon loan fraud case.
CBI has sought the custody of the Videocon chairman for three days and of the couple for three more days.
The CBI advocate said they have sought custody as they want to confront ‘all’ of them.
Earlier today, CBI arrested Videocon chairman Venugopal Dhoot, co-accused in the ICICI bank money laundering case.
On Saturday, CBI got a three-day remand of the couple in the case. Now, they have sought a remand for three more days. The CBI advocate said that they “We want to confront all of them”.
The CBI arrested the couple on Friday in connection with the alleged ICICI Bank-Videocon money laundering case.
The case is related to the alleged irregularities and corrupt practices in the sanction of a Rs 1,875 crore loan disbursed by ICICI Bank to the Videocon Group between 2009 and 2011.

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During its preliminary enquiry, the CBI found six loans worth Rs 1,875 crore were sanctioned to the Videocon Group and companies associated with it between June 2009 and October 2011 in an alleged violation of laid-down policies of ICICI Bank, which are part of the probe.
The agency has said that the loans were declared non-performing assets in 2012, causing a loss of Rs 1,730 crore to the bank.

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