In 2000, author Ruth Vanita in her book "Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History" analysed dozens of such marriages and suicides that had taken place over the past three decades, and explored their legal, religious and historical aspects. There have also been numerous joint suicides by same-sex couples, mostly female (different-sex couples also resort to suicide or to elopement and religious marriage when their families oppose their unions). In recent years, some of these couples have appeared on television as well. While police generally harass such couples, Indian courts have uniformly upheld their right, as adults, to live with whomever they wish. Family reactions range from support to disapproval to violent persecution. Since 1987, when the national press reported the story of two policewomen who married each other by Hindu rites in central India, the press has reported many same-sex marriages, all over the country, mostly between lower middle-class young women in small towns and rural areas, who have no contact with any gay movement.
3.4.2 Proceedings in the Delhi High Court (2020–present).2 Live-in relationships and other forms of partnership.Foreign same-sex spouses are eligible for a "Non-Tourist Visa" as a dependent.Some cities and prefectures issue certificates for same-sex couples, but they are not legally binding.
Unregistered cohabitation or Maitri Karar–type contractual relationships.Legal guardianships (nationwide, except Hong Kong and Macau), residency rights for foreign spouses of legal residents (Hong Kong).Romania ruling of the European Court of Justice obliges the state to provide residency rights for the foreign spouses of EU citizens. Registered foreign marriages confer limited rights. Neither performed nor recognized in American Samoa or some tribal nations.Neither performed nor recognized in six British Overseas Territories.Neither performed nor recognized in Niue, Tokelau, or the Cook Islands.Registered in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten in such cases, but the rights of marriage are not guaranteed. Performed in the Netherlands proper, including the Caribbean Netherlands.Performed in Mexico City and statewide in all states except for Durango, Guerrero, México (state), Tabasco and Tamaulipas.