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reported by: Salil Tiwari
Last updated: 04 Jul 2023 at 16:54 IST
The woman and her partner took to the Supreme Court by filing a judicial petition on the grounds that her husband was trying to endanger their peaceful lives. (picture/representative file)
The woman told the court that because of her husband’s indifferent and torturous behavior, she had decided to live with her partner
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that live-in relations cannot be allowed at the expense of the social fabric of this country.
The court stressed that “directing the police to give them protection may indirectly give our consent to such illegal relations.”
The note was made by the Single Judge Panel of Judge Renu Agarwal during the dismissal of a petition for police protection filed by a married woman who was living with her partner.
The 37-year-old woman had left the marital home of her own volition to stay with her partner. She claimed that she was forced to do so because of her husband’s indifferent behavior and torture.
The woman and her partner took to the Supreme Court by filing an injunctive petition on the grounds that the woman’s husband was trying to jeopardize their safe lives.
The couple sought court direction for the police to provide them with protection as well as a direction for the woman’s husband not to interfere with their peaceful relationship.
The State Counsellor opposed the petition and maintained that this type of relationship could not be supported by a court.
He said the coordinating body of the Supreme Court had already rejected such an act in Aneeta and another v. UP state.
In Anita v State, the Supreme Court noted that “No law bound by a citizen who is already married under the Hindu Marriage Act can seek the protection of this court because of the illicit relationship, which is not within the jurisdiction of the social fabric of this country. The sanctity of marriage presupposes divorce.”
In view of the notes in Anita v. State, Justice Agarwal dismissed the present petition.
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