OSAKA, Mar 25 (News On Japan) –
The Osaka High Court, presided over by Judge Kumiko Honda, dominated on March twenty fifth that provisions in Japan’s Civil Code and Family Register Act that don’t acknowledge same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, marking the fifth such ruling by a excessive court docket within the nation.
The resolution got here in an appeals case filed by three same-sex {couples} from Aichi, Kyoto, and Kagawa prefectures, who have been in search of 1 million yen every in damages from the federal government. The court docket discovered that the provisions violate Article 14, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution, which ensures equality below the regulation, in addition to Article 24, Paragraph 2, which upholds human dignity and the important equality of the sexes.
The ruling follows related choices by the Sapporo, Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Nagoya High Courts, aligning the Osaka High Court with a rising judicial consensus that the present authorized framework discriminates towards same-sex {couples}.
However, the court docket rejected the {couples}’ demand for compensation, in line with the sooner ruling by the Osaka District Court. Notably, the Osaka case had been the one one by which a decrease court docket beforehand dominated that the present legal guidelines have been constitutional.
Source: Kyodo