Allahabad High Court passes 26 orders in 3 days granting police protection to couples

The Allahabad High Court passed twenty six orders over the course of three days, ordering the police to provide protection to couples who raised apprehensions about their safety due to the threats from family members. .The orders were passed from June 21 to 23 by Justice Siddharth..In a majority of the cases, the petitioners claimed that they were adults and had gotten married against the wishes of their family members.While disposing of most of the petitions, the Court directed the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of various cities across Uttar Pradesh to ensure the safety and security of petitioner couples.One of the orders in Rashi (Raviya Bano) and Anr v State of UP states:"This petition is disposed of directing the Senior Superintendent of Police, Agra, respondent no.2, to ensure safety and security of the petitioners after production of the copy of this order duly downloaded by the official website of this court and presented before him within a period of three days from today.".On June 22, the Court granted protection to a couple who got divorced and later decided to enter into a second marriage (Smt. Pushpa Agrahari And Anr v. State of UP). "They have entered into second marriage on 24.02.2021 in Arya Samaj Mandir and have also applied for registration of marriage online but they have threat to their life and liberty by the family members of the petitioner no. 1," the Court noted.The Court directed the couple to move an application before the SSP, Prayagraj and directed the authorities to ensure the safety of life and liberty of the petitioners on receipt of such application.."We are not against live in relationship:" Allahabad High Court orders police protection to couple .Similarly, the Court also granted protection to a woman who alleged that she was evicted from her matrimonial house by the family members and that her parents were not willing to accept her (Smt. Sapna Rani And Another v. State of UP). "Petitioner no.2 is relative of petitioner no.1 and he has given her shelter in his house. There is no other relation of petitioner no.2 with petitioner no.1 and only on humane consideration he given shelter to her. Her father and her husband both are trying to kill her as they feel that their honours have been maligned by the petitioner no.1," the Court noted the submissions of the petitioner.In this case, notice was issued to the concerned respondents seeking their response. "Till the next date of listing respondents shall not interfere with the peaceful life of the petitioners. The respondent nos. 3 and 6, S.P. Bijnor and Sambhal; respectively are directed to ensure the security and safety of the petitioners from the date of production of copy of this order duly downloaded of official website," the Court directed. .Last year, the Court had held that the right to live with a person of one's choice is intrinsic to the right to life and personal liberty irrespective of religion.A Bench of Justices Vivek Agarwal and Pankaj Naqvi had ruled that "if an alleged conversion was under clout, the Constitutional Court was obliged to ascertain the wish and desire of the girls as they were above the age of 18 years.".Right to live with a person of choice, irrespective of religion, is intrinsic to right to life and personal liberty: Allahabad High Court