MANPREET KAUR AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-7324-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 138 CRWP-7324-2026 Date of decision: 22.06.2026 Manpreet Kaur and Anr ......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and Ors. .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE AARADHNA SAWHNEY Present: Mr. Harmanbir S Sandhu, Advocate for the petitioners. AARADHNA SAWHNEY, J (ORAL) 1. Apprehending threat to their life and liberty, both the petitioners have filed the present petition with a prayer to direct the official respondents to decide the representation dated 16.06.2026 (Annexure P.5). 2. The facts, as can be inferred from the petition, are as follows: Both the petitioners, who are major, got married to each other in accordance with Sikh rites and ceremonies on 15.06.2026. Their relationship was not approved of by parents of petitioner No.1, who expressed their unhappiness. It is in this backdrop that the present petition has been filed by the petitioners. 3. Notice of motion. 4. Mr. Gautam Thapar, Sr. DAG, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the official respondents. 5. In view of the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners, the present petition is disposed of with direction to official respondents