New Delhi:
The Delhi High Court has granted police protection to a couple facing threats from their family after marriage. It has said that the right to marry a person of one’s choice is indelible and constitutionally protected and even family members cannot object to such marital ties.
In a recent order, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela emphasized that the state has a constitutional obligation to provide protection to its citizens and the Supreme Court, as a constitutional court, is expected to promote the constitutional rights of the couple.
“The right of the petitioners to marry a person of their own choice is indelible and protected by the Constitution, which should not be diluted in any way,” the court said.
“There is no doubt about the fact of marriage between the petitioners and the fact that they are of legal age. No one, not even the family members, can object to such a relationship or to the marital ties between the petitioners,” the court stated while hearing the case. the couple’s petition for police protection.
The petitioners alleged that they got married in April against the wishes of their parents and have been living happily together since then amid threats from the family members, especially the woman’s mother.
The court directed the “state to provide protection to both the petitioners and ensure that no harm comes to either of them, especially to the parents or the relatives” of the woman, and asked the concerned officer to check on them periodically .
“In case the petitioners have shifted to a place other than that mentioned in the memo of the parties, the IO shall inform the said SHO of the police station concerned having territorial jurisdiction over the residential address of the petitioners, who will adhere to the present letter and spirit,” the court ruled.
“The petitioners shall disclose their current residential and work addresses to the IO, who shall not disclose the same to any unauthorized person,” the report said.
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