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The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has moved the Supreme Court against the legalisation of same-sex marriages.<\/p>\n
Opposing the adoption rights of same-sex couples, the child rights body has said children raised by same-sex parents may have a limited exposure to the traditional gender role models.<\/p>\n
Seeking the top court’s intervention in a batch of petitions, the commission has said the Hindu Marriage Act and the Juvenile Justice Act do not recognise adoption by same-sex couples.<\/p>\n
“Same-sex parents may have a limited exposure to the traditional gender role models and hence, the children’s exposure would be limited and their overall personality growth would be affected,” the plea has said.<\/p>\n
The petition has referred to studies on adoption by same-sex parents which, it claimed, show that such a child gets affected both socially and psychologically.<\/p>\n
“Allowing adoption to same-sex couples is akin to endangering the children,” the plea has said.<\/p>\n
Referring to a study conducted by the Catholic University of America, the plea has said emotional and developmental problems are twice as prevalent in children of same-sex parents than in children with opposite sex parents.<\/p>\n
A five-judge Constitution bench of the top court is scheduled to hear from Tuesday the batch of petitions seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages in the country.<\/p>\n
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices S K Kaul, S Ravindra Bhat, P S Narasimha and Hima Kohli will commence the hearing on April 18 on the petitions that were referred to a larger bench for an authoritative pronouncement on March 13 by the CJI-led bench, saying it is a very seminal issue.<\/p>\n
The hearing and the consequential outcome will have significant ramifications for the country where common people and political parties hold divergent views on the subject.<\/p>\n
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