The signatories included ex-CAG Rajiv Mehrishi, ex-Home Secretary L C Goyal, former RAW chief Sanjeev Tripathi, Justice (retired) S N Dhingra and Justice (retired) Lok Pal Singh.
Given the recent arguments about gender, privacy, and sexual autonomy in the Indian Supreme Court, petitions seeking legal sanction for incest are not 'far-fetched' five years down the line.
Supreme Court stays Calcutta HC's Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay order for ED probe in municipal job scam, orders to transfer teacher recruitment scam case from the same judge
The Supreme court also noted that there will be social requirements such as banking, insurance, admissions etc where the Centre will have to do something.
Giving a hypothetical situation, SG Mehta questioned what would happen if, five years down the line, someone approached the court and challenged provisions prohibiting incest.
SG Mehta said if the apex court was inclined to recognise same-sex marriage, it might need to take into account 72 different categories of sexual orientation that are claimed to exist.
arnataka Government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court defending its decision to scrap four per cent OBC reservation for Muslims in the state.