Amandeep Kaur and Another Vs State of… — Writ and Judicial Review | Punjab & Haryana HC (2025)

Amandeep Kaur and Another Vs State of… — Writ and Judicial Review | Punjab & Haryana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to respondent No.2, Senior Superintendent of Police, Gurdaspur, to decide the petitioners' representation dated 02.06.2025 (Annexure P-5) and grant them protection if any threat to their lives and liberty is perceived; order confers no immunity from legal action and expresses no opinion on the validity of the marriage.

Issue for consideration

Whether directions should issue to respondents No. 2 to 3 to protect the petitioners' lives and liberty at the hands of respondent Nos. 4 to 6 and restrain those private respondents from harassing the petitioners or interfering with their peaceful life.

Court's answer

The petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2, Senior Superintendent of Police, Gurdaspur District Gurdaspur, to decide the petitioners' representation (Annexure P-5).

Ratio / Principle

Protection is to be granted to the petitioners if any threat to their lives and liberty is perceived.

Key takeaways

The order shall not be taken to grant the petitioners immunity from legal action against violation of law, if any, committed by them.obiter¶20
The order shall not be understood to express any opinion by this court on the validity of the marriage of the petitioners.obiter¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Protection of life and liberty — writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by a married couple (CRWP-6006-2025 O&M) alleging apprehension of danger at the hands of private respondent Nos. 4 to 6 following their lawful marriage (certificate Annexure P-3) — without evaluating evidentiary value of documents, petition disposed of with direction to respondent No.2, Senior Superintendent of Police, Gurdaspur District Gurdaspur, to decide representation dated 02.06.2025 (Annexure P-5) and grant protection if any threat to life and liberty is perceived — clarified that order grants no immunity from legal action for violation of law and expresses no opinion on validity of the marriage — decided orally by Sudeepti Sharma, J. on 05.06.2025.

CRWP-6006-2025 (O&M)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

CRWP-6006-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision :- 05.06.2025

Amandeep Kau r and anr.

....Petitioners

VERSUS

State of Punjab and others

....Responden t s

CORAM : HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA

Present: M s . Neetu Singh, Advocate for M r . Gobind Singh Randhawa, Adv o cate for the petitioners.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J. (Oral)

Th r ough the instant petition, as filed under Article 226 of t he Constitution of India, the petitioners have sou g ht issuance of directions upon t he respondents No. 2 to 3, to ensure protection of their lives and liberty at the ha n ds of respondent N os. 4 to 6, and, also to restrain t h e said respondents from harass i ng the petitioners o r interfering in their peaceful li fe .

Th e counsel for the petitioners st a te that since both the petition e rs have attained m inimum age, as prescribed by statute, for solemnizing marria g e, therefore, they have lawfully solemnized m arriage, however, it has cau s ed grievance to re s pondent Nos. 4 to 6. Such grie v ance of the respondent Nos. 4 t o 6 has made them apprehensive of danger to their lives and liberty and resultantl y , it has constrained them to approach this court, t o seek protection of their lives a nd liberty. The m a rriage certificate of the peti t ioners is available on record as Annexure P-3. The petitioners have also s ubmitted a representation da t ed 02.06.2025 (An n exure P-5) to respondent No.2.

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CRWP-6006-2025 (O&M) - 2-

Notice of motion to the official res p ondent(s) only. 4. O n the asking of the Court, M r . K.D. Sachdeva, DAG Punj a b, accepts notice o n behalf of the official respondent(s).

Without entering upon an exercis e to evaluate the evidentiary va l ue of the docume n ts placed on the file, the inst a nt petition is disposed of wit h a direction to respondent No.2 – Senior Sup e rintendent of Police, Gurdas p ur District Gurdas p ur, to decide the above referre d to representation (Annexure P - 5) of the petitione r s and grant them protection, if a ny threat to their lives and liberty is perceived. It is clarified that this order shall not be taken to grant immunit y to the petitioners f rom legal action against viola t ion of law, if any, committed by them. This or d er shall not be understood to have expressed any opin i on whatsoever by t h is court on the validity of the m arriage of the petitioners.

Di s posed of accordingly.

June 05, 2025 (SUDEEPTI SHARMA) Gaurav Arora JUDGE Wheth e r speaking/non-speaking : Spea k ing Wheth e r reportable : Yes/ N o

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