Countries where same-sex marriages have been legalised

The Supreme Court's Constitutional Bench is hearing a batch of petitions seeking the legalisation of same-sex marriages.

The Centre has opposed the legalisation of the same and also said that the States must be consulted before any decision has taken.

While India is yet to legalise same-sex marriages, there are many other countries which have legalised this concept. Let us take a look at which countries have legalised same sex marriages and also the dates on when it was legalised.

• Netherlands: April 1, 2001
• Belgium: June 1 2003
• Spain: July 3, 2005
• Canada: July 20, 2005
• South Africa: Nov. 30, 2006
• Norway: Jan. 1, 2009
• Sweden: June 5, 2010
• Iceland: June 27, 2010
• Argentina: July 22, 2010
• Denmark: May 16, 2013
• France: May 18, 2013
• England and Wales: March 29, 2014
• Uruguay: Aug. 5, 2013
• New Zealand: Dec. 16, 2014
• Luxembourg: Jan. 1, 2015
• Greenland: Oct. 1, 2015
• United States: June 26, 2015
• Ireland: Nov. 16, 2015
• Colombia: April 28, 2016
• Finland: March 1, 2017
• Malta: Sept. 1, 2017
• Germany: Oct. 1, 2017
• Australia: Dec. 7, 2017
• Austria: Jan. 1, 2019
• Taiwan: May 17, 2019