As the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench, led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, began pronouncing its judgement in the historic marriage equality case, Kajal and Bhawna waited with bated breath, along with the 19 other petitioners in the case and queer people across the country. A lesbian couple currently on the run and forced to hide their relationships in their own hometowns, the pair battled confusion, fear and anxiety as the judgements started coming through, only to be left disappointed as soon as they realised what it meant.
“Leaving the Parliament to decide the fate of our future seems unfair,” said Ms. Kajal, who hails from a tier-2 city in northern India.
