Live-in couples in small town India have it rough – Varanasi to Vadodara, Aligarh to Alwar
Live-in relationships are on the rise. So are the social pressures. The Supreme Court has widened the rights, but pushback has come from high courts, statutory bodies, politicians.
'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.
Uttarakhand UCC is only the latest of the State’s attempts to control intimate relationships. It should be consigned to the dustbin of illegality, writes Gautam Bhatia.
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.