Protection

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea filed by a spiritual guru seeking to free a 21-year-old woman from the illegal custody of her parents.

The vacation bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing two connected pleas, wherein one was filed by the couple seeking protection of their life and liberty and other was filed by the mother of the girl seeking rescue of the girl from possession of the boy.

The Delhi's Tis Hazari court on Saturday granted interim relief from arrest to gangster-turned-activist Lakhbir Singh aka Lakha Sidhana till July 3 in connection with his alleged role in the Republic Day violence case in the Delhi.

The Bench held, “Petitioner no 1 (woman) has mentioned in the petition that she is the legally wedded wife of respondents and she has, for whatever reasons, decided to go away from her husband. Can we permit them to live-in under the guise of protection of life and liberty?

“The concept of a live-in relationship may not be acceptable to all, but it cannot be said that such a relationship is an illegal one or that living together without the sanctity of marriage constitutes an offence.”

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The Supreme Court on Monday while hearing the special leave petition of a Maharashtra government official, who is accused of raping a minor girl asked whether he was he was ready to marry the victim.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court while hearing an anticipatory bail application has said marriage between first cousins is illegal and cannot be performed.

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Gautam Buddha Nagar City Magistrate to provide protection to Indus Towers Ltd so that they can set up their mobile communication tower in the face of protests from local people.

The Allahabad High Court has granted protection from harassment to a same-sex couple who have been staying in a live-in relationship for a long time now, but were facing resistance from their families and society on account of their sexual orientation.