http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20230524-231152-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/marriage-equality-at-the-doors-of-the-indian-supreme-court/ Marriage Equality at the Doors of the Indian Supreme Court Agarwal, Akshat eng 2023-05-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Equality India LGBTQ Same Sex Marriage Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India recently heard over 20 petitions seeking marriage equality. The significance of a positive declaration cannot be overstated. It would make India only the second country in Asia to recognize LGBTQ+ marriages. As India becomes the world’s most populous country this year, a favorable decision would also mean that an estimated 17.7% of the world’s population would come under a marriage equality regime which is more than the cumulative population of the 34 countries that currently recognize such marriages (17% of the global population).