Two women, aged 25 and 35, who stay in a live-in relationship had moved the Allahabad High Court seeking police protection. The two petitioners had claimed that they felt their lives were in danger on account of their parents disapproving their relationship — they alleged that the parents were harassing them.
The women told the court that in choosing each other as partners, they had even prepared a “memorandum of understanding”, adding that they had lived together for almost eight years. They said that the Meerut police had refused to help them despite being informed about the threat to their lives. The parents, according to them, harassed them both because the women’s actions supposedly tarnished their reputations.
The Allahabad High Court, in a welcome move, noted that both women were adults and had decided to live together and consensually, reported Navbharat Times. Thus, the court asked that the Meerut police consider the request and provide a reasonable order. Justice Vikram Nath and Justice SS Shamsheri told the SSP of Meerut to decide within a week what is to be done, keeping in mind that the women faced danger.