Allahabad High Court Rejects Plea Seeking Protection For Married Woman, Lover

The court also imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 on them, observing that the woman is already married and in live-in-relationship with another man, an act against the "mandate" of the Hindu Marriage Act.

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea filed by a married woman and her lover, who are currently in a live-in-relationship and sought protection from her husband and family. The court also imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 on them, observing that the woman is already married and in live-in-relationship with another man, an act against the "mandate" of the Hindu Marriage Act. "The Article 21 of the Constitution of India may permit a person to have own liberty but the liberty has to be within the ambit of law which applies to them," said a Division Bench of Justices Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Dinesh Pathak while rejecting the petition on Tuesday. "We fail to understand how such a petition be allowed permitting illegality in society," said the court as the petitioners sought direction to the woman's husband and other family members not to interfere and disturb their peaceful live-in-relation by adopting coercive measures.