{"id":173454,"date":"2021-06-04T19:30:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=173454"},"modified":"2021-06-05T16:13:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T10:43:15","slug":"sc-tells-inter-caste-couple-to-approach-police-for-protection-says-court-cant-grant-sanctity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/constitutional-law-news\/supreme-court-news\/sc-tells-inter-caste-couple-to-approach-police-for-protection-says-court-cant-grant-sanctity\/","title":{"rendered":"SC tells inter-caste couple to approach police for protection, says court can’t grant sanctity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Supreme Court<\/a><\/strong> on Friday refused to pass an order granting sanctity to an inter-caste couple in a live-in relationship, who wished to get married against the wishes of their parents and had sought protection from the state. The Court disposed of the petition granting liberty to the petitioners to submit their representation to the Superintendent of Police for protection against any apprehension or threat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The bench comprising Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Ajay Rastogi observed, “Both of you want to solemnise inter-caste marriage against the wishes of your parents. And you seek the Court\u2019s shoulder or umbrella to give sanctity to it; therefore, we are not inclined to pass any such order.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The bench ordered that, “We have gone through the representation. We dispose the petitions granting liberty to the petitioners to supplement their representations to the Superintendent of Police. Needless to state that since it concerns life and liberty, the Superintendent of Police is required to act expeditiously in accordance with law, including the grant of any protection to the petitioners in view of the apprehensions\/ threats, uninfluenced by the observations of the High Court.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The order came in the plea filed by Advocate Abhimanyu Tewari. The grounds which were taken in his plea, inter-alia, are the following:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is pertinent to mention here that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had passed two orders on May 11 and 12, denying protection to two couples, on the ground that live-in relationships are not socially acceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read Also:\u00a0<\/strong>Delhi HC asks amicus to ensure rail accident amputee gets to meet Rail Minister<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n