Parental love or concern cannot interfere with an individual’s right to choose whom they wish to marry: Kerala HC
Kerala High Court noted that the woman is well-employed at NATPAC, Thiruvananthapuram, and is about 27 years old
Right to marry
‘Right to marry a person of their own choice is indelible and protected under Constitution’: Delhi HC directs State to provide protection to couple who married against parents’ wishes
“There is no doubt about the factum of marriage between the petitioners and the fact that they are major. No one, not even the family members can object to such relation or to the matrimonial ties between the petitioners.”
Supreme Court Verdict on Same Sex Marriage: Breakdown of the Agreements and Disagreements
In a verbose verdict running into 366 pages, the 5-judge Constitution Bench of Dr DY Chandrachud, CJI and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S. Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli, PS Narasimha, JJ wrote 4 opinions on the Same Sex Marriage matter where they agreed on some points and disagreed on others.
Right to choose life partner cannot be affected by matters of faith, belief, and religion: Delhi High Court
“Article 21 of the Constitution gives Protection of Life and Personal Liberty to all persons whereby it is the inherent right of every individual to exercise personal choices, especially in matter relating to marriage.”
J&K and Ladakh HC | Consent of two adults entering into wedlock, ought to have pious primacy over consent of family, clan or community
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Apprehension of harassment and violence at the hands of their relatives, led a young couple
Courts are not meant to provide police protection to youths who have fled to marry according to their own wishes; Raj HC reiterated
Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta J. rejected the petition and disposed off the stay application. The instant petitions were filed by couples
J&K and Ladakh HC | “No law or religion gives a license to a father to harass his daughter”; HC grants protection to run away couple
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Sanjay Dhar, J., held that it is not open to a father or relatives of
Kar HC | Merely because second marriage is permissible in Mohammedan law it does not mean that right to marry a minor girl accrues; Bail denied inspite victim gave ‘no objection’
Karnataka High Court: K Natarajan, J., rejected the prayer for bail and dismissed the petition. The instant criminal petition was filed under
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
Kar HC | Right of any major individual to marry the person of his/her choice is a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution of India; Not to be encroached irrespective of caste or religion
Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of S. Sujatha and Sachin Shankar Magadam JJ., disposed off the petition due to the limitation
MP HC | Right to marry person of one’s choice is guaranteed, there is need of directives to combat social evil of ‘honor crimes ’
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Rusia, J. entertained a writ petition seeking police protection from relatives and members of society for the