Roshani Singh and Another v. State of U.P. and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Saurabh Srivastava, J., WRIT - C No. 9026 of 2025, decided 24.4.2025 (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:64493). Petitioners Roshani Singh and another, in a live-in relationship against the wishes of petitioner no.1's wife (respondent no.4), sought a direction to police for protection of their lives. The Court held that no writ under Article 226 issues in their favour and dismissed the petition as devoid of merits. Counsel for petitioner: Chandra Prakash Garg; respondent represented by C.S.C. Case referred: Asha Devi & Anr. v. State of U.P. and 3 Ors (Writ C-18743 of 2020) on mandamus and infringement of legal right. Keywords: live-in relationship, police protection, mandamus, Article 226, writ dismissed.
What did the court decide?
No writ under Article 226 is issued in favour of the petitioners, the petitioner no.1 being in a live-in relationship with petitioner no.2; consequently the petition seeking police protection is devoid of merits.