{"id":52662,"date":"2018-05-07T10:48:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T05:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=52662"},"modified":"2018-05-07T10:48:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T05:18:33","slug":"supreme-court-adult-couple-can-live-together-without-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-adult-couple-can-live-together-without-marriage","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court: Adult couple can live together without marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" data-attachment-id=\"52641\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-centre-seeks-stay-of-sc-order-on-sc-st-law\/70-suprem_5-24\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5.jpg?fit=630%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"630,390\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"70-suprem_5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5.jpg?fit=630%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52641\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5.jpg?resize=300%2C186&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/70-suprem_5.jpg?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>An adult couple has a right to live together without marriage, the Supreme Court said, while asserting that a 20-year-old Kerala woman, whose marriage had been annulled, could choose whom she wanted to live with.<\/p>\n<p>The top court held that live-in relationships were now even recognized by the Legislature and they had found a place under the provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The observations came while the supreme court was hearing a plea filed by one Nandakumar against a Kerala High Court order annulling his marriage with Thushara on the ground that he had not attained the legal age of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Prohibition of Child Marriage Act states that a girl can&#8217;t marry before the age of 18, and a boy before 21.<\/p>\n<p>Nandakumar, who had approached the top court, will turn 21 on May 30 this year.<\/p>\n<p>The high court had also granted the custody of Thushara to her father after noting that she was not Nandakumar&#8217;s &#8220;lawfully wedded&#8221; wife.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said their marriage could not said to be &#8220;null and void&#8221; merely because Nandakumar was less than 21 years of age at the time of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Appellant no 1 as well as Thushara are Hindus. Such a marriage is not a void marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and as per the provisions of section 12, which can be attracted in such a case, at the most, the marriage would be a voidable marriage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is sufficient to note that both appellant no 1 and Thushara are major. Even if they were not competent to enter into wedlock (which position itself is disputed), they have right to live together even outside wedlock,&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>While setting aside the order of the high court granting custody of woman to her father, the apex court said that &#8220;we make it clear that the freedom of choice would be of Thushara as to with whom she wants to live&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It also referred to a recent case involving a woman from Kerala, Hadiya, where it had restored her marriage with Shafin Jahan on the ground that it was a marriage between two consenting adults.<\/p>\n<p>The supreme court had also clarified that a court cannot interfere in the marriage of two consenting adult and cannot annul the marriage in a habeas corpus (a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, for securing the person&#8217;s release) petition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An adult couple has a right to live together without marriage, the Supreme Court said, while asserting that a 20-year-old Kerala woman, whose marriage had been annulled, could choose whom she wanted to live with. 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