The new bench was constituted after Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the present CJI, recused from hearing the review petitions on July 10, 2024.Justice P S Narasimha was the only member of the bench who was also on the original Constitution bench comprising five judges which delivered the verdict, as former CJI D Y Chandrachud and Justices S K Kaul, Ravindra Bhat and Hima Kohli have retired.In a landmark judgement on October 17, 2023, the Supreme Court had declined to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages.”It is only for the Parliament and state legislatures to create such institutions and grant them legal validation. Role of legislature has been to act as a codifier of customs and wherever necessary intervene in furtherance of Article 14 and 15(3) to enact laws,” the apex court had said in its verdict.The Supreme Court was also unanimous in its judgement that it was beyond their purview to issue a positive direction and/or order to the legislature to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriageThe judges, in their October 2023 verdict, were also unanimous in giving the go-ahead to a high-powered committee proposed by the Centre to examine the concerns of same-sex couples and moot corrective measures.
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