The Court had recently warned of action against judicial officers found not allowing use of video conference facility despite availability of infrastructure.
Rana recently joined the BJP and is its Lok Sabha candidate for the Amaravati parliamentary constituency, which falls under the reserved category. She is scheduled to file her nomination papers today.
However, the Court granted protection to the live-in couple in view of Supreme Court's observation that adult couples have a right to reside together even if not of marriageable age.
Justice Kunhikrishnan said that even though a court of law is known as a temple of justice, there are no gods on the bench requiring any obeisance from lawyers or litigants apart from maintenance of decorum.