Societal Approval Of Intimate Personal Relations Not A Basis For Granting Them Recognition In Eyes Of Law

Case: Amit Raj v. The State of Bihar and others

Coram: Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice Purnendu Singh

Case No.: Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.511 of 2022

Court Observation: “The consent of the family/clan/community is unnecessary for two individuals to marry – it is an act of choice, and enshrined under Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution…the free ability of a person to decide on matters like marriage cannot be limited, and further, that societal approval of intimate personal relationships is not a basis for granting them recognition in the eyes of law,”

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