The Allahabad High Court ordered a man accused of committing rape on the pretext of marriage to not put the alleged victim's photo as his display picture on WhatsApp or Facebook as a condition for his release on bail.
The Allahabad High Court recently quashed a rape case against a man who was booked after he refused to marry a woman with whom he was in a relationship for several years with her family's approval.
The Court opined that the survey exercise can be done without having to dig any wall at the disputed site, contrary to the assertions of the Muslim side.
The Allahabad High Court added that live-in relationships do not have any "protective umbrella under any law" except that adults have a right to live their own life and to that extent their personal liberty is protected.
Significantly, the grandmother of three minor grandchildren had filed a PIL, which was heard by the division bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice JJ Munir.