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Calcutta High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee and Arijit Banerjee, JJ., observed that an adult woman is free to marry the person of her choice covert.<\/p>\n

In the instant matter, it was traced out that the girl’s age was 19 years old and she married a person of her choice and doesn’t want to return to her parental home.<\/p>\n

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Upon the petitioning father complaining that his daughter\u2019s statement under Section 164 of the CrPC may not have been recorded in an atmosphere where she felt comfortable, the 19-year-old girl was required to meet the senior-most Additional District Judge and for sufficient care to be taken so that she was not under any coercion or undue influence.<\/p>\n

Despite a clear and clean report, father harboured some suspicion.<\/p>\n

Bench held that,<\/p>\n

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If an adult marries as per her choice and decides to convert and not return to her paternal house, there can be no interference in the matter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Matter has been listed on 24-12-2020.[Palash Sarkar v. State of W.B., WPA No. 9732 of 2020, decided on 21-12-2020]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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