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although the concept of common law marriage is dead in India, partition of asset (post demise of one of the partners) and guardianship of wards can be arranged with a bit of forward-thinking.
Also, in WB, this sort of 'marriages' do happen, even in the mid 90s this did not phase many in Kol. I grew up in that period in Kol, and one of our neighbours were a lesbian couple who were raising a kid. They behaved like a normal couple with fights and everything, no one in the very typical middle to lower middle class neighbourhood cared.
It is inappropriate to challenge an institution's values or principles in a court of law while simultaneously seeking validation or certification from that same institution to acknowledge something that does not align with its values.
Instead, when an amendment or positive reinterpretation of a statute emerges, opening up new possibilities in human morality, it should be celebrated and acknowledged by the institutions and the cultures responsible for their creation, utilizing their own sensibilities. This means that a nonheterosexual relationship, for example, should seek recognition and blessings from a court of law, and it should be celebrated through cultural and theological practices that are in harmony with it. If such practices not exist, create them! After all, they did get everyone on the they-them bandwagon in a pandemic!!
Doing this is not illegal, though it may not be recognised as a marriage legally.
https://www.news18.com/viral/lesbian-couple-ties-knot-in-kolkata-temple-despite-familys-disapproval-heres-what-happened-7929127.html