The petitioners seeking legal validation of same-sex marriage on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to use its plenary power, “prestige and moral authority” to push the society to acknowledge such a union. This would ensure LGBTQIA persons lead a “dignified” life like heterosexuals, they added.

Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for one of the petitioners, “Our parents have accepted us despite belonging to older generations. They want their children to settle in their lives. The State wants them to be ostracised. They want their parents to be ostracised. All these discriminations are needed to be wiped out.”