According to the Allahabad High Court (HC), two adults are free to cohabitate and that nobody should be able to stifle their respectful “live-in relationship.” The father of a girl in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh filed the first information report, which the court invalidated in this significant decision.
Allahabad High court: Two adults are at liberty to live together and no person should be permitted in their peaceful ‘live-in-relationship’
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court, made up of Justice Suneet Kumar and Justice Syed Waiz Mian, cited a ruling from the Supreme Court that stated that a live-in relationship between consenting adults is legal if all conditions for marriage are met, including the legal marriageable age, consent, and soundness of mind.
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Landmark case of S.Khushboo Vs Kanniammal , apex court holds ‘Live – in – Relationships under right to life under Article 21 of Constitution of India
The Supreme Court had observed that there is no law that authorises or prohibits such links.
A live-in relationship falls under the purview of the right to life under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, which states that no person may be deprived of his or her life or personal liberty except in accordance with the process laid out by law. This decision was made in the historic case of S. Khushboo vs. Kanniammal.
The court ruled that cohabiting relationships are acceptable and that it is not “illegal” or “unlawful” for two adults to live together.
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