Court No. - 2
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 28292 of 2018 Petitioner :- Smt. Rakhi And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Sanjay Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Dr. Kaushal Jayendra Thaker,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State.
It is stated that both petitioners are major and they have solemnized their marriage out of their own free will. They have also brought on record their marriage certificate.
It is alleged that the private respondents are interfering with marital life and liberty of the petitioners.
Looking to the averments made in the writ petition, this Court feels that the petitioners have real apprehension to their marital life and liberty.
Hence, the police authority, may give protection to the petitioners in view of the decisions of Apex Court in Gian Devi v. The Superintendent, Nari Niketan, Delhi and others, (1976) 3 SCC 234; Lata Singh v. State of U.P. and another, (2006) 5 SCC 475; and Bhagwan Dass v.
State (NCT of Delhi), (2011) 6 SCC 396.
It goes without saying that this Court has not entered into whether the marriage is legal or not.
With these observations, this petition is disposed off.
Order Date :- 21.8.2018 DKS