Overview
- The court allowed Kajal Prajapati and her Muslim partner’s petition seeking protection from the woman’s family.
- The couple told the court they feared harm from relatives after local police ignored their complaints.
- The state’s lawyer told the bench both partners are adults and that no police case was filed over their living together.
- The order directs police to verify the couple’s ages and to protect their life and liberty if the threats appear credible.
- Citing Supreme Court precedent and Articles 14, 15 and 21, the judge said live-in partnerships are lawful and that interference in such relationships violates freedom of choice.