Court no place to settle such matters, says Kiren Rijiju on same-sex marriages case

As Supreme Court hears pleas seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriages, Union law minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said an important matter like the institution of marriage has to be decided by people of the country and that courts are not the forum to settle such issues. He, however, clarified that he does not want to make the matter a "government versus judiciary" issue. "It is not. Absolutely not," the minister asserted.