After hearing all the parties, the court granted protection to the couple saying that even their parents cannot object to their relationship.
Prayagraj: Observing that adults have the right to choose their life partner irrespective of their religion, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted protection to an inter-religious couple from Gorakhpur. In such a case, even their parents cannot object to their relationship, the court further said.
Hearing a petition jointly filed by Shifa Hasan and her Hindu partner, a division bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Deepak Verma said, “It cannot be disputed that two adults have the right to the choice of their matrimonial partner. , irrespective of religion. By them.” The court said, “Since the present petition is a joint petition by two persons, who claim to be in love with each other and are by and large, therefore, in our opinion, no one, even their Even the parents cannot object to their relationship”, the court said. In a decision given on Thursday.
In the joint petition, the petitioners had argued that they love each other and are living together of their own free will. However, their relationship was not being accepted by some of their family members and they were disturbing their peaceful life.
Ensure that petitioners are not harassed: High Court to Police
After hearing all the parties, the court granted protection to the couple saying that even their parents cannot object to their relationship.
Accordingly, the court directed the police officers to ensure that the petitioners were not harassed by the girl’s father or any other person in relation to their relationship with each other. During the hearing, the petitioner Hassan submitted in the court that he had also filed an application for conversion from Muslim to Hindu religion. According to him, the District Magistrate (DM) had sought a report from the concerned police station on the said application. According to the report, the boy’s father was not ready for the marriage, although his mother was ready for it.
Hassan’s parents were both against the marriage. In view of the same, the couple approached the HC claiming that their lives were in danger. The Court took note of the fact that both the petitioners are adults, aged 19 and 24 years respectively. Therefore, the court proceeded to grant protection to them, while making it clear that the order was not a final opinion on the age of the petitioners as the findings were in nature for the purposes of deciding the issue with respect to the safety of the life of the petitioners. There were only prima facies.
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