Muslims cannot claim rights in live-in relationship when having spouse: Allahabad HC
The Hindu
Allahabad High Court rules Muslims in live in relationships with living spouses cannot claim rights under Islam
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on May 8 said that Muslims cannot claim rights in a live-in relationship when they have a living spouse, as such a relationship is not permitted under the tenets of Islam.
A bench of justices A.R. Masoodi and A.K. Srivastava-I made the observations while hearing a writ petition by Sneha Devi and Mohd. Shadab Khan, who were seeking protection from police action after the woman's parents filed a kidnapping case against Mr. Khan, and directed that Ms. Devi be sent to her parents under security.
The petitioners claimed that they were in a live-in relationship but the woman's parents lodged a police complaint accusing Mr. Khan of kidnapping and inducing her to marry him.
They also sought protection of their lives and liberty, saying they were adults and as per the Supreme Court, they were free to reside together in a live-in relationship.
"Islamic tenets do not permit live-in relationships during the subsisting marriage. The position may be different if the two persons are unmarried and the parties being major choose to lead their lives in a way of their own," the bench said while declining to pass an order on the issue of protection of life and liberty.
On an inquiry, the bench came to know that Mr. Khan was married to Farida Khatoon in 2020 and the couple had a baby.
The Court observed that constitutional morality and social morality in the matter of marriage institutions required to be balanced, failing which social coherence for achieving the object of peace and tranquillity in the society would fade and disappear. It also directed the police that petitioner Ms. Devi be sent to her parents under security.
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