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‘Unfavorable earlier order by a judge not a ground for recusal’; SC rejects plea for Justice Chandrachud’s recusal in an application seeking recall of an unfavorable order

“A litigant cannot be permitted to browbeat the Court by seeking a Bench of its choice.”

P&H HC | Reiterating personal autonomy of choosing a life partner, Court clarifies that enforcement of a Fundamental Right cannot rest on ‘marriageable age’ of the petitioner

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Alka Sarin, J., allowing the present petition, reemphasized on the extended view of Article 21 as opted

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Is any offence committed if two adults wish to be in a live-in relationship? Read what HC ruled

“…where a boy and a girl are major and they are living with their free will, then, nobody including their parents has the authority to interfere with their living together.”

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P&H HC | Whether partners falling in sapinda prohibition under HMA can stay in a live-in relationship? Parties argue while hearing in anticipatory bail

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., observed that the marriage of first cousins is not permissible as per the prohibited

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[Same-Sex Couples & Live-in-relationship] All HC highlights nexus between Constitutional Courts and Constitutional Morality || Did Society take a U-Turn after SC’s decision in Navtej Singh Johar case? Read

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta and Pankaj Bhatia, JJ., addressed the issue of harassment to citizens on their

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P&H HC | Live-in relationship can’t be recognized by way of a petition citing threat to life and liberty of couple; Court dismisses the petition

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While dealing with a peculiar set of facts in a petition for protection of life and liberty,

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | Same-sex couple have a right to live together outside wedlock; Rights of a woman enshrined in Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 to apply on the “lady” in the relationship

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of S. K. Mishra and Savitri Ratho, JJ. allowed a same-sex couple to live in together

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P&H HC | “Social ethos, outlook & philosophy appears to be evolving amongst gay couples so as to openly come out of closets”; Same-sex couple in a live-in relationship sought protection

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga, J., addressed a matter wherein, two girls were in a live-in relationship and were constantly

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Utt HC | Individuals of same sex, living together are not competent to enter the wedlock, still they have the right to live together outside the wedlock; Live-in relationship recognised by legislature

Uttaranchal High Court: Sharad Kumar Sharma, J., while addressing a habeas corpus petition observed that, The intimacy of marriage, including the choice of

Case Briefs High Courts

Live-in relationship of a lesbian couple is not violative of any law and is not a crime

Kerala High Court: A Division bench comprising of C.K. Abdul Rehim and R. Narayana Pisharadi, JJ. while hearing a habeas corpus petition

Case Briefs Supreme Court

20-year-old woman free to live with underage husband; Couple has the right to live together even outside wedlock: SC

Supreme Court: In a unique case where a 19-year-old girl Thushara, who had married a 19-year-old boy Nandakumar on 12.04.2017, was sent