Palavras-chave
Marital Rights
Personal Laws
Same-sex Couples
Como Citar
Resumo
As leis pessoais são regidas principalmente por escrituras religiosas; uma vez que estão relacionadas, quaisquer variações iniciadas pelo parlamento ou pelo poder judiciário são de fazer arrepiar os cabelos. Existem inúmeras preocupações em torno das leis pessoais e das suas implicações na era atual no que diz respeito à autonomia individual. Uma dessas preocupações é a autonomia individual dos casais do mesmo sexo e os seus direitos conjugais, como o direito à adoção, à sucessão, à pensão de alimentos e ao divórcio, entre outros. Já se passaram alguns anos desde que o Supremo Tribunal da Índia reconheceu e legalizou o sexo consensual entre casais do mesmo sexo no caso Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India. No entanto, a taxa de aceitação destes casais para viverem uma vida digna numa sociedade é baixa ou nula devido à falta de um mecanismo adequado de aplicação das regras. Além disso, os casais do mesmo sexo têm frequentemente de emigrar para países estrangeiros que reconhecem os casamentos entre pessoas do mesmo sexo para se casarem e obterem um estatuto legal para a sua relação. O documento discutirá os direitos fundamentais e os valores contraditórios em relação às leis pessoais relativas ao reconhecimento dos casais do mesmo sexo. O documento abordará ainda as lacunas existentes nas leis pessoais actuais e sugerirá enquadramentos/orientações para incluir os diferentes aspectos dos direitos conjugais dos casais do mesmo sexo no atual quadro jurídico da Índia.
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