Shivani W/O Sonu Singh, D/O Ramraj, v. State of Rajasthan
Case brief
What is this about?
live-in relationship protection; married and unmarried partner; petitioner No.1 already married; denial of protection of life and personal liberty; D. Velusamy pre-requisites (akin to spouses, legal age, unmarried); Rashika Khandal relied upon; Coordinate Bench Rajasthan High Court; Supreme Court law relied; criminal writ petition dismissed; petitioners absent at hearing; Manju Dave P.P.; Jaipur Bench 2026.
What did the court decide?
This Court, noting from the record that petitioner No.1 is already married, adopted the position in the Coordinate Bench decision in Rashika Khandal (which took into account the law laid down by the Supreme Court in D. Velusamy) that such a live-in-relationship is not permissible and the petitioners are not entitled to seek protection. ¶24