Live-In Relationship After Marriage Not Permitted By Islam: High Court
NDTV
"The Islamic tenets do not permit live-in relationships during the subsisting marriage. The position may be different if the two persons are unmarried and the parties being adults choose to lead their lives in a way of their own," said the bench on Wednesday.
The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has said that a follower of Islam cannot be in a live-in relationship, particularly if their spouse is alive.
"The Islamic tenets do not permit live-in relationships during the subsisting marriage. The position may be different if the two persons are unmarried and the parties being adults choose to lead their lives in a way of their own," said the bench on Wednesday.
With this observation, a bench of Justice AR Masoodi and Justice AK Srivastava refused to provide police protection to petitioners Sneha Devi and Mohd Shadab Khan, both natives of Bahraich district.
