Shivanki Devi and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 6593 of 2025, decided 23.7.2025 (Sangeeta Chandra & Brij Raj Singh, JJ.). Mandamus sought by newly married couple (marriage dated 14.07.2025) against police harassment allegedly at the instance of family members; proof of age by Fifth Class marks-sheet and Aadhar Cards annexed. AGA conceded no FIR lodged. Court directed non-interference in peaceful married life subject to conditions (married, cohabiting, marriageable age, not wanted in any case); age and validity of marriage left unadjudicated; writ petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
Protection direction issued: police not to unnecessarily interfere in the petitioners' peaceful married life, conditional upon the petitioners having married each other, living together, being of marriageable age on the date of marriage, and not being wanted in any criminal case.