‘Hare-brained’ thought: SC rejects PIL for registration of live-in relationships with Centre

By PTI

NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL looking for framing of norms for registration of each live-in relationship with the Centre and termed it a “hare-brained” thought.

A bench, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, requested the counsel for the petitioner, lawyer Mamta Rani if she needed to foster the safety of those individuals or needed them to not get into live-in relationships.

The counsel replied that the petitioner needed the connection to be registered to reinforce their social safety.

“What does the Centre has to do with the registration of live-in relationships? What kind of hare-brained idea is this? It is high time this court starts imposing costs on petitioners who file these kinds of PILs. Dismissed,” the bench additionally comprising Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala stated.

The PIL was filed by Rani looking for a route to the Centre to border guidelines for registration of live-in relationships because it cited a rise in crimes like rape and homicide allegedly dedicated by live-in companions.

The plea, which referred to the latest killing of Shraddha Walkar allegedly by her live-in companion Aaftab Amin Poonawala, additionally sought framing of guidelines and tips for registration of such relationships.

The PIL stated registration of live-in relationships would result in correct data being obtainable to each the live-in companions about one another and likewise to the federal government about every of them relating to their marital standing, legal historical past and different related particulars.

Besides the rise in crimes like rape and homicide, the plea stated there was a “huge increase in false rape cases filed by women wherein they claim to be living in live-in relationships with the accused, and it is always difficult for the courts to find out from the evidence whether the fact of living in live-in relationships is proved by the backing of evidence”.

NEW DELHI:  The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL looking for framing of norms for registration of each live-in relationship with the Centre and termed it a “hare-brained” thought.

A bench, headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, requested the counsel for the petitioner, lawyer Mamta Rani if she needed to foster the safety of those individuals or needed them to not get into live-in relationships.

The counsel replied that the petitioner needed the connection to be registered to reinforce their social safety.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“What does the Centre has to do with the registration of live-in relationships? What kind of hare-brained idea is this? It is high time this court starts imposing costs on petitioners who file these kinds of PILs. Dismissed,” the bench additionally comprising Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala stated.

The PIL was filed by Rani looking for a route to the Centre to border guidelines for registration of live-in relationships because it cited a rise in crimes like rape and homicide allegedly dedicated by live-in companions.

The plea, which referred to the latest killing of Shraddha Walkar allegedly by her live-in companion Aaftab Amin Poonawala, additionally sought framing of guidelines and tips for registration of such relationships.

The PIL stated registration of live-in relationships would result in correct data being obtainable to each the live-in companions about one another and likewise to the federal government about every of them relating to their marital standing, legal historical past and different related particulars.

Besides the rise in crimes like rape and homicide, the plea stated there was a “huge increase in false rape cases filed by women wherein they claim to be living in live-in relationships with the accused, and it is always difficult for the courts to find out from the evidence whether the fact of living in live-in relationships is proved by the backing of evidence”.