No Protection For Married Live In Partners, Holds Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
Live LawThe Allahabad High Court on Tuesday held that where a man and a woman, during the subsistence of their marriages to other persons, reside as a live in couple, they will not be entitled to any protection under the law. While dismissing the writ petition moved by a live in couple, who "candidly" stated that they had married to other persons but they now lived with each other, the division bench comprising Justice Bharati Sapru and Justice Piyush Agrawal said, "The marriages of both the petitioners have not been terminated in accordance with law. While dismissing a petition seeking protection moved by a married woman and her live-in partner, Justice Suneet Kumar had observed, "it is admitted and pleaded in the writ petition that the second petitioner entered into a relationship with the first petitioner who is married and her marriage has not been dissolved by any competent court as on date, therefore, such a relationship cannot be granted any protection." 6681/2020 Quorum: Justice Bharati Sapru and Justice Piyush Agrawal Appearance: Advocate Mahendra Kumar Singh Chauhan Read Judgment