Petitioners seeking liberty to live together as adults despite threats. Court permitted cohabitation citing precedents on honour killings but clarified no opinion on marriage validity.
Petitioners at liberty to live together; no person to interfere; police protection directed if disturbance caused.
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Court No. - 5
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 20408 of 2019
Petitioner :- Reshma Quraishi And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Atul Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Surya Prakash Kesarwani,J.
"28. .....Often young couples who fall in love have to seek shelter in the police lines or protection homes, to avoid the wrath of kangaroo courts. We have held in Lata Singh case that there is nothing "honourable" in "honour" killings, and they are nothing but barbaric and brutal murders by bigoted persons with feudal minds. In our opinion honour killings, for whatever reason, come within the category of the rarest of rare cases deserving death punishment. It is time to stamp out these barbaric, feudal practices which are a slur on our nation. This is necessary as a deterrent for such outrageous, uncivilised behavior. All persons who are planning to perpetrate "honour" killings should know that the gallows await them.
29. Let a copy of this judgment be sent to the Registrars General/ Registrars of all
the High Courts who shall circulate the same to all the Judges of the Courts. The Registrars General/ Registrars of the High Courts will also circulate copies of the same to all the Sessions Judges/ Additional Sessions Judges in the States/Union Territories. Copies of the judgment shall also be sent to all the Chief Secretaries/ Home Secretaries/ Directors General of Police of all States/ Union Territories in the country. The Home Secretaries and Directors General of Police will circulate the same to all SSPs/SPs in the States/Union Territories for information."
Order Date :- 21.6.2019 Nitin Verma
1 issue framed by the court
Whether two major individuals married to each other by free will can be permitted to live together free from interference.
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Deepika and another Vs. State of U.P. and othersRelied on¶9
Deepika and another Vs. State of U.P. and others, 2013 (9) ADJ 534
Bhagwan Dass v. State (NCT of Delhi)Relied on¶10
Bhagwan Dass v. State (NCT of Delhi), (2011) 6 SCC 396 · Who else cites this
Lata SinghExplained¶11
Reshma Quraishi
Unspecified Second Petitioner
State Of U.P.
Surya Prakash Kesarwani
As recorded by the court registry
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