Couple Seek Protection

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed an interfaith couple's pleas seeking police protection and registration of their marriage, observing that the union of a Muslim man with a "fire-worshipper" woman is not a valid wedding as per Muslim law.

The Delhi High Court has said that a girl, who has attained puberty, can marry without the consent of her parents under Muslim laws while hearing a plea seeking protection to a couple who got married against the consent of girl's parents.

An interfaith couple who had approached the Uttarakhand High Court seeking protection has been chargedalong with two others for allegedly not following the provisions of the state's anti-conversion law, police said on Wednesday.

Religious conversion - just for the purpose of marriage - is not acceptable, the Allahabad High Court said referring to an earlier order as it refused to interfere in a petition by a couple, seeking protection three months after their marriage. The woman who filed the petition is a Muslim by birth but had converted to Hinduism a month before her ma...

Two runaway couples in Chandigarh were slapped an unexpected fine on Tuesday when they approached Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking protection for their lives.

A lesbian couple in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district has sought police protection after their families opposed their decision to get married and allegedly threatened them of dire consequences, an official said Thursday.

A lesbian couple from Manesar, a small town near New Delhi, dared to marry against the wishes of their families. They were threatened for their actions and are now seeking protection from court.

With dishonour-killings on the rise, a newly-wed couple, who married outside their caste, on Thursday sought police protection, citing threat to their life from the girl's family.The boy is a Brahmin by caste and the girl a Rajput, SSP Raghubir Lal said.They read together in a local professional college and fell in love before getting married recen...

A couple, who married against their parents' wish in Australia, have approached the city police for protection after the girl's relatives threatened them of dire consequences, police said in Ghaziabad.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed an interfaith couple's pleas seeking police protection and registration of their marriage, observing that the union of a Muslim man with a "fire-worshipper" woman is not a valid wedding as per Muslim law.

The Delhi High Court has said that a girl, who has attained puberty, can marry without the consent of her parents under Muslim laws while hearing a plea seeking protection to a couple who got married against the consent of girl's parents.

An interfaith couple who had approached the Uttarakhand High Court seeking protection has been chargedalong with two others for allegedly not following the provisions of the state's anti-conversion law, police said on Wednesday.

Religious conversion - just for the purpose of marriage - is not acceptable, the Allahabad High Court said referring to an earlier order as it refused to interfere in a petition by a couple, seeking protection three months after their marriage. The woman who filed the petition is a Muslim by birth but had converted to Hinduism a month before her ma...

Two runaway couples in Chandigarh were slapped an unexpected fine on Tuesday when they approached Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking protection for their lives.

A lesbian couple in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district has sought police protection after their families opposed their decision to get married and allegedly threatened them of dire consequences, an official said Thursday.

A lesbian couple from Manesar, a small town near New Delhi, dared to marry against the wishes of their families. They were threatened for their actions and are now seeking protection from court.

With dishonour-killings on the rise, a newly-wed couple, who married outside their caste, on Thursday sought police protection, citing threat to their life from the girl's family.The boy is a Brahmin by caste and the girl a Rajput, SSP Raghubir Lal said.They read together in a local professional college and fell in love before getting married recen...

A couple, who married against their parents' wish in Australia, have approached the city police for protection after the girl's relatives threatened them of dire consequences, police said in Ghaziabad.