Live-in relationships: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL searching for registration of live-in relationships with the Centre and known as it a “hare-brained” thought.
“What does the Centre has to do with registration of live-in relationships? What kind of hare-brained idea is this? It is high time this court start imposing cost on petitioners who file these kinds of PILs. Dismissed,” the bench additionally comprising Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala mentioned.
Citing a rise in crimes like rape and homicide, lawyer Mamta Rani filed a plea searching for a course to the Centre to body guidelines for registration of live-in relationships. She reffered to the current case of Shraddha Walkar homicide case who was killed by her live-in accomplice Aaftab Amin Poonawala.
A bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, requested the counsel for petitioner, lawyer Mamta Rani if she wished to foster the safety of those individuals or wished them not to get into live-in relationships.
The counsel replied that the petitioner wished the relationship to be registered to improve their social safety.
(With inputs from PTI)
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