Allowed
Navjot Kaur & Anr. v. State of Punjab & Ors.
Punjab & Haryana HCCRM-M/14136/2012
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
High Court entertained a petition by a married couple alleged to be minors, facing threats from relatives. Court directed police to verify the petitioner's age and assess threat while granting interim protection discretion locally, but clarified this did not validate the underage marriage or shield them from criminal liability.
What did the court decide?
Direction to police to verify petitioner's age and assess threat, discretion to grant interim protection, nullification of order's effect on marriage validity or criminal liability.