A day after the Supreme Court refused to legalise same-sex marriage, Ananya Kotia, a PhD student at the London School of Economics has caught the attention of internet users with a heartfelt post. Writer Ananya Kotia and lawyer Utkarsh Saxena expressed their disappointment over the apex court's verdict and exchanged rings in front of the Supreme Court building on Wednesday and announced their engagement. Ananya also posted a picture of both of them on the microblogging site X, formerly Twitter.
"Yesterday hurt. Today, @utkarsh__saxena and I went back to the court that denied our rights, and exchanged rings. So this week wasn't about a legal loss, but our engagement. We'll return to fight another day," read the caption of the post.
In the picture one can see the gay couple exchanging rings in a garden outside the court building.
Since being shared the post has amassed over 5 lakh views and tons of comments.
"Love is a fundamental right. Best wishes," commented one user on the post.
"Congratulations to both of you. Hope one day you will get the rights you have dreamt of," wrote another user.
"Congratulations guys. Lots of love and blessings to both of you," commented a third.
"Wish you a very lovel-ly happy life together. Stay blessed," wrote a fourth.
The five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli, and PS Narasimha on Tuesday in a split verdict of 3:2 ruled that same-sex couples cannot adopt a child and also refused to legalise their marriage, passing on the responsibility to the parliament.