Prayagraj. The Allahabad High Court has given an important decision on the petition filed for the protection of two girls living in a live-in relationship. The High Court has directed to provide police protection to homosexual girls living in live-in relationships. The court said that it is not against the live-in relationship. This order has been given by the Division Bench of Justice Dr. KJ Thakar and Justice Ajay Tyagi on a petition filed in Hapur’s Panchsheel Nagar girl seeking protection of Anju Singh and her live-in partner.
Homosexual girls had filed a petition seeking protection. He had said that if the court did not provide him security, then both of them could not live together. He said that he is constantly being harassed by the family members and he is not being allowed to live peacefully. The girls also said that they were being threatened with death. It was said in the petition that both of them are homosexual and adult, and they want to live in a live-in relationship together. It was also said that his parents were pressurizing him to end the relationship.
He says that if both of them do not end the relationship, then they will be implicated by registering a false case against them. Considering these facts raised in the petition, the court said that it is not against live-in relationship. For this reason, the court has directed the police to examine all the documents and provide security to the petitioner girls. The High Court, in its order passed, has also mentioned the law and order of the Supreme Court in the case of Gyan Devi Vs. Superintendent, Nari Niketan Delhi and Lata Singh Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh.