The Allahabad High Court recently termed live-in relationships as “infatuation”, but this has to be juxtaposed with the apex court declaring that the right to live together is a part of the right to life
A public interest litigation that sought directions to the Central government to formulate guidelines for the registration of live-in relationships and social security of citizens entering in such partnerships, has been quashed by the Supreme Court.
Taking in view the recent murder of Shraddha Walkar by her live-in partner Aaftab Amin Poonawala, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Central government to frame rules and guidelines for registration of live-in partnerships in the country
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Special Leave Petition preferred by the state of Uttarakhand against an order of the Uttarakhand High Court, observing that if a woman willingly allows a person, who is not her husband, to behave like her husband, then he cannot be prosecuted for rape.
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?
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.
In an interesting order, the Allahabad High Court has said that a married woman who is in a live-in relationship without ending her marriage first is committing a crime and her partner is also culpable.