Smt. Pushpa and Another v. the State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Home and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Own-volition marriage protection writ: mandamus sought against police harassment of a couple married on 20.10.2023 (Arya Samaj Mandir, Tadikhana, Lucknow certificate; Aadhar Cards as age proof; no F.I.R.). Court conditioned non-interference by police on cohabitation, marriageable age and absence of any criminal case, expressly declining to adjudicate age or validity of the marriage; undertaking to register marriage under U.P. Marriages Registration Rules, 2017 within four weeks; petition disposed of. Neutral Citation: 2025:AHC-LKO:1724-DB.
What did the court decide?
Conditional direction that the police shall not unnecessarily interfere in the petitioners' peaceful married life, provided the petitioners have married each other, are living together, were of marriageable age on the date of marriage, and are not wanted in any criminal case; counsel for petitioners undertook to register the marriage under the U.P. Marriages Registration Rules, 2017 within four weeks.