P&H HC | No offence by married person being in live-in; HC differs with Allahabad High Court’s decision
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Amol Rattan Singh, J., held that since adultery is not an offence, no offence would be committed
Live-in relationship
P&H HC | “Unholy Alliance”; HC denies protection to married woman who was residing in live-in with another man
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Calling it “unholy alliance”, Sant Parkash, J., denied protection to a married woman who was residing in
Raj HC | “Live-in relationship cannot be at the cost of social fabric of this country”; Police protection rejected to a live-in couple
Rajasthan High Court: Satish Kumar Sharma J. dismissed the petition and rejected police protection to a couple. The instant petition was filed
Telangana HC | Mother allows her live-in partner to sexually assault minor daughter continuously: Bail application rejected
Telangana High Court: G. Sri Devi, J., rejected a bail application on noting the fact that a minor girl was continuously sexually
Bail granted to man accused of raping live-in partner. Court notes delay between last sexual intercourse and lodging of FIR
Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi: Ankur Jain, ASJ (SFTC-01), addressed a regular bail application filed under Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
[Art. 21] Raj HC | Society cannot determine how individuals live their lives; Police protection granted to a ‘major’ couple residing together
Rajasthan High Court: Mahendra Kumar Goyal, J., disposed of the petition directing the Station House officer of the concerned police station to
P&H HC | Inaction to legitimately end matrimonial alliance from wife before entering into live-in-relationship is incongruous
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga, J., held that inaction to legitimately end matrimonial alliance from wife while seeking protection for
Ker HC | Whether a Child born out of a live-in relationship is to be treated as a child born to a married couple? Status of Children in a live-in relationship & mother’s decision to recognize fatherhood of child || High Court unwinds
“The death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what one dies inside us while we live.”
P&H HC | Contractual live-in relationship has no recognition in law; HC terms it “misuse of process” and against morality
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., addressed the instant petition regarding a new concept of contractual Live-In-Relation wherein the
‘Unfavorable earlier order by a judge not a ground for recusal’; SC rejects plea for Justice Chandrachud’s recusal in an application seeking recall of an unfavorable order
“A litigant cannot be permitted to browbeat the Court by seeking a Bench of its choice.”
P&H HC | Reiterating personal autonomy of choosing a life partner, Court clarifies that enforcement of a Fundamental Right cannot rest on ‘marriageable age’ of the petitioner
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Alka Sarin, J., allowing the present petition, reemphasized on the extended view of Article 21 as opted
All HC | Is any offence committed if two adults wish to be in a live-in relationship? Read what HC ruled
“…where a boy and a girl are major and they are living with their free will, then, nobody including their parents has the authority to interfere with their living together.”
P&H HC | Whether partners falling in sapinda prohibition under HMA can stay in a live-in relationship? Parties argue while hearing in anticipatory bail
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., observed that the marriage of first cousins is not permissible as per the prohibited
[Same-Sex Couples & Live-in-relationship] All HC highlights nexus between Constitutional Courts and Constitutional Morality || Did Society take a U-Turn after SC’s decision in Navtej Singh Johar case? Read
Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta and Pankaj Bhatia, JJ., addressed the issue of harassment to citizens on their
P&H HC | Live-in relationship can’t be recognized by way of a petition citing threat to life and liberty of couple; Court dismisses the petition
Punjab and Haryana High Court: While dealing with a peculiar set of facts in a petition for protection of life and liberty,
Ori HC | Same-sex couple have a right to live together outside wedlock; Rights of a woman enshrined in Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 to apply on the “lady” in the relationship
Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. K. Mishra and Savitri Ratho, JJ. allowed a same-sex couple to live in together
P&H HC | “Social ethos, outlook & philosophy appears to be evolving amongst gay couples so as to openly come out of closets”; Same-sex couple in a live-in relationship sought protection
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga, J., addressed a matter wherein, two girls were in a live-in relationship and were constantly
Utt HC | Individuals of same sex, living together are not competent to enter the wedlock, still they have the right to live together outside the wedlock; Live-in relationship recognised by legislature
Uttaranchal High Court: Sharad Kumar Sharma, J., while addressing a habeas corpus petition observed that, The intimacy of marriage, including the choice of
Live-in relationship of a lesbian couple is not violative of any law and is not a crime
Kerala High Court: A Division bench comprising of C.K. Abdul Rehim and R. Narayana Pisharadi, JJ. while hearing a habeas corpus petition
20-year-old woman free to live with underage husband; Couple has the right to live together even outside wedlock: SC
Supreme Court: In a unique case where a 19-year-old girl Thushara, who had married a 19-year-old boy Nandakumar on 12.04.2017, was sent