The Supreme Court of India on Thursday, January 9 dismissed review petitions challenging its landmark ruling that denied legal recognition to same-sex marriages in the country. The court firmly maintained that there was no constitutional foundation to grant legal sanction to such unions,

The review bench did not find any error in the judgement pronounced in 2023 on Marriage Equality case where the majority of the judges refused legal sanction of queer marriages.

In its latest ruling on same-sex marriages, the top court stated that there was "no error apparent on the face of the record" in its earlier judgment. The bench emphasised that the views expressed in the original verdict were in accordance with the law and required no further interference.

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Blanchard drafted a memorial asking the U.S. Supreme Court to re-legalize bans on same-sex marriage across U.S. states.