Nepal court docket rejects marriage registration utility of homosexual couple

By Press Trust of India: The Kathmandu District Court on Thursday rejected a wedding registration utility filed by a homosexual couple regardless of the Supreme Court legalising same-sex marriages in Nepal.

Maya Gurung, 38, and Surendra Pandey, 27, — each born male — had sought the court docket’s approval to register their marriage. However, the one bench of the district court docket choose Madhav Prasad Mainali rejected the appliance on the grounds that each the candidates are of the identical gender.

“The Supreme Court has issued an interim order to register same-sex marriage. But unfortunately, the Kathmandu District Court rejected the application of the sexual minority community members,” mentioned Sunil Babu Panta, a number one activist of the sexual and gender minority neighborhood, after the court docket’s resolution.

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The court docket’s motion isn’t solely a blow to the sexual minority neighborhood, however it additionally dishonoured the Supreme Court’s order, he mentioned.

“Although the prejudiced decision of the court has hurt our feelings, we do not consider it as a defeat. We will knock on the doors of the Supreme Court as soon as possible to heal our wounds,” Panta mentioned.

Nepal’s Supreme Court on June 28 legalised same-sex marriages. However, the nation is but to formulate legal guidelines for the registration of same-sex marriages. The apex court docket has handed an interim order asking authorities to make momentary preparations to register same-sex marriages earlier than particular legal guidelines are formulated.