Kulsoomah Ali And Anr vs Union Territory Through Director on 5 May, 2025

Jammu & Kashmir High Court – Srinagar Bench

Kulsoomah Ali And Anr vs Union Territory Through Director on 5 May, 2025

                                                     S.No. 26
                                                     Regular List
     IN THE HIGH COURT 0F JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH
                        AT SRINAGAR

                   WP(C) 1001/2025 CM(2633/2025)
KULSOOMAH ALI AND ANR.                          ...Petitioner(s)/Appellant(s)

Through: Mr. Arshid Maqbool, Advocate

                                     Vs.
UNION TERRITORY THROUGH DIRECTOR                            ...Respondent(s)
GENERAL OF POLICE AND ORS.

Through:

CORAM:
    HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE WASIM SADIQ NARGAL,JUDGE
                                   ORDER

05-05-2025

1. The petitioners seek a direction to respondents 1 to 4 to provide

them the police protection as they apprehend danger to their lives

from respondents 5 and 8. It is submitted that the petitioners are major

and out of their free will they got married. Copy of Nikahnama has

been placed on record. They submit that since they have contracted

the marriage against the wishes of the respondents 5 and 7 as such,

they are facing harassment at his hands.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners refers to the decision of the

Supreme Court in Lata Singh v. State of U.P. and anr., 2006 (5)

SCC 475, and submits that in absence of there being any legal

impediment, the petitioners are entitled to marry according to their

choice and the official respondents are duty bound to protect the life

and liberty of the petitioners.

3. Any person having attained the age of majority is entitled to

contract the marriage as per his/her wishes and the police department

is duty bound to protect the life and liberty, if approached. However,

it appears that the petitioners have not ever approached the official

respondents for their indulgence in the matter for providing protection

to them.

4. In this view of the matter, this petition is disposed of, at this

stage, by directing that the respondents 1 to 4 shall look into the

grievance of the petitioners for providing them adequate security and

to ensure that nobody interferes in their married life, if they approach

them. It is made clear that no opinion has been expressed with regard

to the validity of their marriage.

5. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of.

(WASIM SADIQ NARGAL)
JUDGE
SRINAGAR:

05-05-2025
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