Live-in or marriage-like relationship neither a crime nor a sin: Supreme Court

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Live-in relationship is neither a crime nor a sin, the Supreme Court has held while asking Parliament to frame law for protection of women in such relationship and children born out of it.


The apex court said, unfortunately, there is no express statutory provision to regulate live-in relationships upon termination as these relationships are not in the nature of marriage and not recognised in law.

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The bench, however, said that maintaining an adulterous relation would not come within the ambit of live-in relationship which is to be protected by law.


"Polygamy, that is a relationship or practice of having more than one wife or husband at the same time, or a relationship by way of a bigamous marriage that is marrying someone while already married to another and/or maintaining an adulterous relationship that is having voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person who is not one's husband or wife, cannot be said to be a relationship in the nature of marriage," it said.


Live-in or marriage-like relationship neither a crime nor a sin: Supreme Court - The Times of India

Will there be one law for all Indians?

 

[lviswanathan42]

This needs to be reviewed as does not go well with established practice. Rama's period one man had one wife which was broken in the neat yuga.As we dont have record of males and females population who can marry custom might have changed.Even now we find more males and less females in many communities. Arjuna asks krishna about misra vivaham after the war to which krishna replies that it can not be avoided.Thejudgement will create lots of tussle betwee husband and wife resulting in more divorces.This may be wrong also. Only time will say this