Same-sex marriage: People moving away from notion of having male child, says SC

The Supreme Court bench which is hearing arguments on a batch of pleas seeking legal sanction for samesex marriage observed on Thursday people are moving away from the notion that one must have a male child and this is due to the spread and impact of educationChief Justice D Y Chandrachud who is heading the fivejudge constitution bench which is hearing the matter also touched upon the notion that only the very highly educated or elitist want fewer childrenJust as in the case of heterosexual couples now with the spread of education the pressures of the modern age increasingly couples are either childless or single child couples and therefore you see even populist countries like China now really losing out in demographic dividends as populations are increasingly becoming elderly said the CJIWhy Because the young who are highly educated do not want to have more children Thats a matter of choice Justice Chandrachud observed while hearing the matter for the third straight dayRegarding the notion that it is only the very highly educated or elitist who want fewer children the CJI said one needs to only talk to the people who work in cities like DelhiYou talk to people who are close to you and you find that most of them will say we want to have one child he said adding My chauffeur has one daughterThere is certain degree of awareness also a feeling that well you know people are moving away from the notion that you must have a boy That is the spread of education the impact of education that you may just have a single child the CJI observedAlso Read Notion of man woman not absolute based on genitals Supreme CourtThe observations by the bench which also comprises Justices S K Kaul S R Bhat Hima Kohli and P S Narasimha came when senior advocate K V Viswanathan appearing for one of the petitioners was advancing his submissionsThe arguments in the matter remained inconclusive and will resume on April 24During the hearing on Wednesday the apex court had said the state cannot discriminate against an individual on the basis of sexual characteristic over which the person has no controlIt had asserted that the Centre has no data to back up its claim that the concept of samesex marriage is elitist or urbanThe Centre in one of its affidavits filed in the apex court termed the petitions a reflection of urban elitist view for the purpose of social acceptance and said recognition of marriage is essentially a legislative function which the courts should refrain from adjudicatingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever