'Such Illegal Relations Need Not Be Protected': Allahabad HC Rejects Protection Plea Of Married Woman, Her Live-In Partner; Imposes ₹2K Cost
The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed a protection plea filed by a married woman and her live-in partner while observing that such type of 'illegal relationship' need not be protected by the court. A bench of Justice Renu Agarwal also imposed a cost of Rs. 2,000/- on the live-in couple (petitioners) as it observed that if it would indulge in "such type of cases" and grant protection to "illegal relationship", then it will create 'chaos' in the society.
How Procedure Upended Personal Liberty In Allahabad High Court’s Refusal To Protect Interfaith Couples
In January 2024, the Allahabad High Court turned down appeals of nine interfaith couples for protection from their families on the grounds that they did not solemnise their marriages according to Uttar Pradesh’s anti-conversion law. In doing so, the High Court opted for procedure over liberty, even as challenges to the law are pending in the Supreme Court, which last heard the case in April 2023.
Delhi HC Issues Guidelines for Couples Converting Religion for the Sake of Marriages
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said the facilitators must provide a detailed understanding of the religion that a person is converting to, its associated ramifications, and make the person aware of the potential shifts in legal standing, post-conversion.
Allahabad HC calls live-in relationships timepass, says they lack sincerity
Live-in relationships are more about infatuation for the opposite sex, lack sincerity and often result in timepass, said the Allahabad High Court while refusing to grant police protection to an interfaith couple. The observations were made while the high court was hearing a petition filed jointly by a Hindu woman and her Muslim partner challenging an FIR lodged against the Muslim man by the woman's aunt.
Muslims Main Target Of UP Anti-Conversion Law, District Courts Refuse Bail, As Conspiracy Theory Becomes Law: Study
Except one, all those accused of ‘love-jihad’ under UP’s two-year-old anti-conversion law were Muslim, jailed for 3 months to 1.7 years, with lower courts mostly refusing bail, according to a study of 22 first information reports over three months. All were consensual relationships.
Hindutva Groups Are Misusing UP’s Anti-Conversion Law, As Police Register Cases With No Legal Standing
A study of 101 FIRs registered under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 showed that more than half were in response to complaints by third parties, which means they may have no legal standing and should not have been registered by the police.
No Compliance Of UP's 'Anti Conversion' Law: Allahabad HC Junks Protection Plea Of 'Married' Inter-Religious Couple Who Are Distant Cousins
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected a protection plea filed by an inter-religious couple (who happen to be distant cousins) who purportedly married each other as per the Hindu rites and rituals.