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No One is Entitled to Interfere : Allahabad HC Comes to Interfaith Couple s Aid Again
This is not the first time this particular court has come to the rescue of interfaith couples in Uttar Pradesh, burdened by a punishing and communal love jihad ordinance.
The Allahabad high court. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: Not for the first time, the Allahabad high court on Wednesday came to the aid of an interfaith couple in Uttar Pradesh and said that no one is “entitled to interfere in their peaceful life.”
Hearing the plea of a Muslim man and a formerly Hindu woman who had converted to Islam willingly, the bench of Justice Saral Srivastava said, according to
Allahabad high court. (File photo)
PRAYAGRAJ: Observing once again that “nobody should interfere in the peaceful life of two adults residing together by their own free will”, the Allahabad high court in a recent order asked Bijnor police to provide protection to an interfaith couple from their respective family members. Last month, the high court, with a similar observation, had provided protection to another interfaith couple from Moradabad.
One Shaista Parveen alias Sangeeta and her husband, a Muslim, had moved a writ petition on December 16, 2019, stating they had solemnized their marriage and living together by their own free will, but were being harassed by their family members.
While delivering the order, the single judge bench reiterated that no one was entitled to disrupt the lives of two adults who choose to live together willingly.