Smt. Riya and Another v. State of Uttar Pradesh and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
The petitioners, two adults living together, sought protection from threats and interference by the respondent family. The court allowed the petition, treating their consensual living arrangement as entitled to protection while expressly declining to determine the marriage’s validity. The respondent police officer was directed to provide immediate protection if interference occurred, and the petitioners undertook to register their marriage within two months; the protection would lapse automatically if registration was not completed within that period.
What did the court decide?
The respondent police officer was directed to provide immediate protection if interference occurred, the family was restrained from disturbing the petitioners’ peaceful domestic life, and the petitioners were directed to register their marriage within two months, failing which the protection would automatically lapse.