Writ petition seeking protection and a direction not to interfere with the petitioners' peaceful marital life disposed of with directions for protection and marriage registration.
Petitioners directed to register marriage within two months; police directed to provide protection against interference.
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 41371 of 2025
Smt. Neha Verma And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
| Versus | ||
|---|---|---|
| State Of U.P. And 3 Others | .....Respondent(s) | |
| Counsel for Petitioner(s) | : Shobh Nath Pal |
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| Counsel for Respondent(s) | : C.S.C. |
Court No. - 78
HON'BLE VIVEK KUMAR SINGH, J.
"This is a free and democratic country, and once a person becomes a major he or she can marry whosoever he/she likes. If the parents of the boy or girl do not approve of such inter-caste or inter-religious marriage the maximum they can do is that they can cut off social relations with the
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son or the daughter, but they cannot give threats or commit or instigate acts of violence and cannot harass the person who undergoes such intercaste or inter- religious marriage. We, therefore, direct that the administration/police authorities throughout the country will see to it that if any boy or girl who is a major undergoes inter-caste or inter-religious marriage with a woman or man who is a major, the couple are not harassed by any one nor subjected to threats or acts of violence, and any one who gives such threats or harasses or commits acts of violence either himself or at his instigation, is taken to task by instituting criminal proceedings by the police against such persons and further stern action is taken against such persons as provided by law."
5. In Bhagwan Dass v. State (NCT of Delhi), (2011) 6 SCC 396 Hon'ble Supreme Court held in paragraph 28 and 29 as under:-
"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.
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observations and directions issued by the Supreme Court are being enforced in the State of UP and that no further direction is required to be issued by this Court at this stage as it is a mere apprehension of the petitioners that the private respondents may commit some act of violence and or harass the petitioners.
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pending before the police authorities.
(Vivek Kumar Singh,J.)
November 25, 2025
Radhika
Digitally signed by :- RADHIKA VISHWAKARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the petitioners, being major adults, are entitled to protection from harassment and interference in their marital life.
Whether the respondents are required to provide protection to the petitioners against threats of violence.
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Lata SinghReferred¶11
Lata Singh vs. State of UP 2006 Cr.L.J. 3309
Bhagwan DassReferred¶16
Bhagwan Dass v. State (NCT of Delhi), (2011) 6 SCC 396 · Who else cites this
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Smt. Neha Verma
Another
State Of U.P.
3 Others
Vivek Kumar Singh
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