The Delhi High Court has ruled that the right to marry the person of one’s choice is undeniable and guaranteed by the constitution, and that even family members cannot object to such matrimonial ties. The court granted police protection to a couple who were facing threats from their family after their marriage.
Justice Tushar Rao Gedela emphasised that the State is required by the Constitution to protect its citizens, and that the high court, as a constitutional court, is expected to protect the couple’s constitutional rights.
“The right of the petitioners to marry a person of their own choice is indelible and protected under the Constitution, which cannot be diluted in any manner whatsoever,” the court said.
“There is no doubt about the factum of marriage between the petitioners and the fact that they are major. No one, not even the family members can object to such relation or to the matrimonial ties between the petitioners,” the court asserted while dealing with the couple’s petition for police protection.
“In case the petitioners have shifted to a place other than the one shown in the memo of parties, the I.O. shall intimate the said SHO of the concerned police station having territorial jurisdiction over the residential address of the petitioners, who shall comply with the present order in letter and spirit,” the court ordered.
“The petitioners shall disclose their present residential address as well as working address to the I.O., who shall not disclose the same to any unauthorised person,” it said.
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