Expressing anguish over burden of live-in relationship cases, the Allahabad High Court recently said it was ‘fed up’ with such cases, especially after the Supreme Court had legalised the same.
While hearing a bail application of a person accused of rape of a minor on the false promise of marriage, a Bench of Justice Siddharth observed that the concept of live-in relationships was against the “settled law in the Indian middle-class society”.
The accused, booked under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, was in jail since February 2025.
The problem of regulating live-in relationships
“After hearing the rival contention...this court is fed up with such cases. These cases are coming to the court because the concept of live-in relationship is against the settled law in the Indian middle-class society,” the Bench said.
