Uttar Pradesh woman finds relief in Allahabad High Court after family opposes marriage
The Allahabad High Court has quashed an FIR filed against a couple by the woman's father, ruling that the police should not interfere in the marriages of consenting adults. The court also imposed costs on the police and the father for pursuing a case against a voluntary marriage.
Why it matters
This ruling reinforces the legal rights of consenting adults to marry against familial opposition and limits police overreach in personal matters.
When 28-year-old Shubhangini Shukla chose to marry Pravi Gupta, 27, the man she loved, she already expected opposition from her family. What she perhaps did not anticipate was that the fight for her life choice would end with the Allahabad High Court censuring her family and the Uttar Pradesh Police.
On July 27, a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court, comprising Justices J.J. Munir and Tarun Saxena, quashed the FIR her father had lodged against her and her husband, ruling that the police had “no business” investigating the marriage of two consenting adults. The court also imposed costs on both the police and her father for pursuing the case despite clear evidence that the marriage was voluntary.
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