Allahabad HC raps U.P. police for ‘disturbing trend’ of harassing young couples

Stop chasing couples who married of their own free will: HC raps UP Police

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has quashed an FIR lodged against a married couple, observing that the police are doing a great disservice by registering FIRs and chasing young couples who have married of their own free will. A bench of justices J J Munir and Tarun Saxena also asserted that a message should go out now to every citizen in the country that the age of majority has to be respected, and so also the constitutional culture. Critici…

Allahabad HC raps U.P. police for ‘disturbing trend’ of harassing young couples

The bench directed the State DGP to take corrective steps to address practices where police chase young couples who have married out of their own will

'Investigate Crimes, Not Marriages': Allahabad High Court Pulls Up UP Police Over Harassing Couples

The Allahabad High Court has sharply criticised the Uttar Pradesh Police for what it described as a “disturbing trend” of registering criminal cases against consenting adult couples instead of focusing on genuine crimes. In an order dated April 21, a bench comprising Justices J. J. Munir and Tarun Saxena quashed an FIR filed against a young married couple after the woman’s father accused the man of wrongdoing. The court emphasised that once indi…

Allahabad Excessive Courtroom tells UP Police to not harass consenting married {couples}

The Allahabad High Court has quashed an FIR lodged towards a married couple, observing that the police are doing an important disservice by registering FIRs and chasing younger {couples} who’ve married of their very own free will. A bench of justices JJ Munir and Tarun Saxena additionally asserted {that a} message ought to exit now to each citizen within the nation that the age of majority must be revered and so additionally the constitutional t…

No one can dictate a major’s right to marry: Allahabad HC slams UP police’s ulterior motives

The Allahabad High Court underscored that the police, instead of discharging their statutory obligation of investigating cognisable offences, have increasingly engaged in what it described as an unwarranted and intrusive scrutiny of marriages.