Anita and Anothers v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 78

Case :- WRIT - C No. - 41297 of 2024

Petitioner :- Anita And Anothers Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gaytri Rajput,Indra Pal Singh Rajpoot Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.

Hon'ble Vinod Diwakar,J.

1. The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking protection from this Court apprehending threat to their life as they have performed their marriage against the wishes of their parents. The petitioners claimed to have attained the age of majority at the time of solemnization of marriage and they married in accordance with the provisions of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

1. Matter requires consideration.

1. Shri Ashwani Kumar Tripathi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel seeks and is granted two weeks' time to verify the authenticity and accuracy of the documents attached to the writ petition containing; (i) a para-wise response to the contentions made in the writ petition, (ii) verification of the Aadhar Card, PAN Card and Marksheet, (iii) confirmation as to whether the marriage was solemnized in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and both the petitioners were of legal age at the time of marriage, and (iv) the marriage certificate shall be verified from the Purohit, who performed the marriage and certificate issuing authority like President/Secretary of the society .