Prayagraj: Providing security to the live-in couple Allahabad High Court “Live-in relationships have become an integral part of life and should be viewed from the lens of individual autonomy rather than the notion of social morality,” it said on Tuesday.
Disposing of two separate petitions filed by interfaith live-in couples, a division bench of Justice Prinkar Diwakar and Justice Ashutosh Srivastava observed, “Live-in relationship is approved by the Supreme Court and viewed from the lens of individual autonomy should go. The right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, rather than the notion of social morality.
Both the couples had filed separate petitions alleging that the girls’ families were interfering in the daily life of the petitioners.
One petition was filed by Kushinagar resident Shayra Khatoon and her partner (both principal and in live-in relationship for two years) and the other by Meerut-based Zeenat Parveen and her partner (both principal and in live-in relationship) Went. from one year). It was also said that after the police did not provide help, they moved the High Court.
The court underlined that the right to life enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution must be protected at all costs and said that the police is bound to protect the rights of the petitioners.
Therefore, the court in its order (26 October) directed that in case the petitioner approaches the police with complaints of threat to life and liberty, the police shall perform its duties under the law.
Disposing of two separate petitions filed by interfaith live-in couples, a division bench of Justice Prinkar Diwakar and Justice Ashutosh Srivastava observed, “Live-in relationship is approved by the Supreme Court and viewed from the lens of individual autonomy should go. The right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution, rather than the notion of social morality.
Both the couples had filed separate petitions alleging that the girls’ families were interfering in the daily life of the petitioners.
One petition was filed by Kushinagar resident Shayra Khatoon and her partner (both principal and in live-in relationship for two years) and the other by Meerut-based Zeenat Parveen and her partner (both principal and in live-in relationship) Went. from one year). It was also said that after the police did not provide help, they moved the High Court.
The court underlined that the right to life enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution must be protected at all costs and said that the police is bound to protect the rights of the petitioners.
Therefore, the court in its order (26 October) directed that in case the petitioner approaches the police with complaints of threat to life and liberty, the police shall perform its duties under the law.
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