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Pune women cops call off wedding after family opposition
Two women police constables in Pune's Pimpri-Chinchwad force have called off their wedding, planned for August 30 in Alandi as a traditional Vedic ceremony, after one woman's family objected and approached senior…
Two women police constables in Pune's Pimpri-Chinchwad force have called off their wedding, planned for August 30 in Alandi as a traditional Vedic ceremony, after one woman's family objected and approached senior police officials. The couple, who met during recruitment three years ago and were posted to the same station, had submitted leave applications and a wedding invitation.
Police said the matter was a personal issue and offered only counselling. One of the constables had also begun medical treatment for gender transition at a Mumbai hospital. Same-sex marriages remain illegal under Indian law, though consensual relationships are not criminalised.
A separate case in the same department involves a woman officer who changed gender after surgery with government permission and is now seeking changes to her service records. A final decision on that request is pending.
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Same-sex marriage remains unrecognised under the Special Marriage Act and personal laws, a position the Supreme Court declined to alter in its October 2023 ruling, where it held that the right to marry is not a fundamental right under the Constitution. The Pimpri-Chinchwad police had previously faced a separate case involving a woman constable who underwent gender reassignment surgery with departmental approval, a decision on updating her service records is pending, with implications for recruitment quotas and seniority. The two constables in the current case now face the choice of either continuing their relationship without legal recognition or seeking alternative arrangements. The police department offers only counselling, the next concrete development will be whether either constable pursues legal action or whether one family files a formal complaint under existing criminal provisions.
Source: indiatoday.in
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