New Delhi, Oct 25 (TIWN) The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that "marriage" is a term associated with heterosexual couples and "spouse" means husband and wife, as it contended that there is "some misconception" regarding the order in Navtej Singh Johar case which decriminalised homosexual sex but does not talk about marriage.

A division bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh was hearing a batch of pleas seeking legal recognition of same sex marriage under the Foreign Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act.  The court said it will hear the final arguments on November 30.  Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that Navtej Singh Johar's case does not talk about marriage, adding that marriage is permissible between a biological man and a biological woman.  Replying to a plea of a queer couple -- an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), and foreigner -- seeking recognition of same sex marriages under the Foreign Marriage Act and Special Marriage Act, he said that it is a question of law and the issue here is whether marriage is permissible between homosexual couples.