Allahabad High Court overturns life sentence of man convicted of rape, noting growing trend of live-in relationships among youth. Bench stresses laws were designed before live-in culture became common. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/western-ideas-influence-youth-to-get-into-live-ins-firs-filed-after-relations-fail-allahabad-hc-ht3vk6ab?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AllahabadHighCourt #LiveInRelationships #POCSOAct
Madras High Court stresses safeguarding women's rights in live-in relationships, likening them to Gandharva marriages for legal protection. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/madras-hc-live-in-relationship-women-rights-sqge5ebj?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MadrasHC #liveinrelationships #womensrights #Gandharvamarriage

An Allahabad HC judge is using morality norms to deny protection to live-in couples

Justice Renu Agarwal has remarked that such relationships ‘cannot be at the cost of social fabric of this country’.

#UttarPradesh #AllahabadHC #JusticeRenuAgarwal #LiveInRelationships #InterFaithRelationships #conversions #MoralPolicing #rights #india

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An Allahabad HC judge is using morality norms to deny protection to live-in couples

Justice Renu Agarwal has remarked that such relationships ‘cannot be at the cost of social fabric of this country’.

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Live-in couples in small town India have it rough – Varanasi to Vadodara, Aligarh to Alwar

Live-in relationships are on the rise. So are the social pressures. The Supreme Court has widened the rights, but pushback has come from high courts, statutory bodies, politicians.

#LiveInRelationships #law #PersonalFreedom #MoralPolicing #LGBTQIA #LGBT #UCC #rights #communalism #hindutva #RWAs #BJPStates #india

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Live-in couples in small town India have it rough – Varanasi to Vadodara, Aligarh to Alwar

Live-in relationships are on the rise. So are the social pressures. The Supreme Court has widened the rights, but pushback has come from high courts, statutory bodies, politicians.

ThePrint

'Such Illegal Relations Need Not Be Protected': Allahabad HC Rejects Protection Plea Of Married Woman, Her Live-In Partner; Imposes ₹2K Cost

The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed a protection plea filed by a married woman and her live-in partner while observing that such type of 'illegal relationship' need not be protected by the court. A bench of Justice Renu Agarwal also imposed a cost of Rs. 2,000/- on the live-in couple (petitioners) as it observed that if it would indulge in "such type of cases" and grant protection to "illegal relationship", then it will create 'chaos' in the society.

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'Such Illegal Relations Need Not Be Protected': Allahabad HC Rejects Protection Plea Of Married Woman,...

The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed a protection plea filed by a married woman and her live-in partner while observing that such type of 'illegal relationship' need not be protected by...

Live Law

Code that is neither uniform nor lawful

Uttarakhand UCC is only the latest of the State’s attempts to control intimate relationships. It should be consigned to the dustbin of illegality, writes Gautam Bhatia.

#uttarakhand #UCC #HumanRights #CivilRights #PersonalFreedom #LiveInRelationships #HUF #authoritarianism #hindutva #BJPStates #india

https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/code-that-is-neither-uniform-nor-lawful-101708847351711.html

Code that is neither uniform nor lawful

Uttarakhand UCC is only the latest of the State’s attempts to control intimate relationships. It should be consigned to the dustbin of illegality

Hindustan Times

‘Why enter our bedrooms?’: Uttarakhand’s live-in law leaves even young supporters of the BJP worried

If couples fail to register their live-in relationships with the government, they could be jailed for three years.

#uttarakhand #UCC #LiveInRelationships #BJP #MoralPolicing #BJPStates #hindutva #HumanRights #india

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‘Why enter our bedrooms?’: Uttarakhand’s live-in law leaves even young supporters of the BJP worried

If couples fail to register their live-in relationships with the government, they could be jailed for three years.

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BJP MP seeks law against live-in relationships, calls them ‘dangerous disease’

The legislator from Haryana’s Bhiwani-Mahendragarh also sought to make parental consent mandatory for love marriages between two adults.

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BJP MP seeks law against live-in relationships, calls them ‘dangerous disease’

The legislator from Haryana’s Bhiwani-Mahendragarh also sought to make parental consent mandatory for love marriages between two adults.

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Allahabad HC calls live-in relationships timepass, says they lack sincerity

Live-in relationships are more about infatuation for the opposite sex, lack sincerity and often result in timepass, said the Allahabad High Court while refusing to grant police protection to an interfaith couple. The observations were made while the high court was hearing a petition filed jointly by a Hindu woman and her Muslim partner challenging an FIR lodged against the Muslim man by the woman's aunt.

#UttarPradesh #AllahabadHC #InterfaithLove #LiveInRelationships #india

https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/allahabad-hc-calls-live-in-relationships-timepass-says-they-lack-sincerity-123102300647_1.html