Kumari Sameena and Another v. State of U.P. and 6 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:25452 | WRIT - C No. 14006 of 2024 | living-in relationship couple seeking police protection from parental threat | direction to Police Commissioner, Ghaziabad | Article 21, Constitution of India | police verification of Aadhar Card, PAN, educational documents, marriage and conversion certificates, affidavits | order notwithstanding The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 | petition disposed of, order dated 20.2.2025, Justice Vinod Diwakar.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Police Commissioner, Ghaziabad to assess the threat to the petitioners' lives from their respective parents and take appropriate legal measures to ensure their protection upon their request, accompanied by a copy of the order and the writ petition; petition disposed of with clarifications on non-adjudication of the relationship, permissible police verification of documents, action for false information, and adherence to mandatory provisions of the U.P. religion-conversion law before conversion.