ANITA RANI AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

CRWP-6174-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 145 CRWP-6174-2026 ANITA RANI AND ANOTHER ....PETITIONERS V/s STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ....RESPONDENTS Date of decision: 22.05.2026 Date of Uploading: 22.05.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Baljeet Singh, Advocate for Mr. Ajay Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** SUMEET GOEL, J. ORAL 1. The petitioners have approached this Court for issuance of necessary directions for protecting their life and liberties which according to them are at stake because they are in a live-in-relationship. The petitioners claim themselves to be major in terms of age. According to the copies of the Aadhar Cards (Annexure P-1 and P-2), the date of birth of the petitioner No.1-Anita Rani is 07.11.2003 and the date of birth of the petitioner No.2- Balkar Singh is 04.08.2004. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that a marriage is not a must for providing security to a couple in a ‘live-in-relationship’ because protection qua life and liberty is sacrosanct and stands at the highest pedestal. He has also placed reliance upon orders passed by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court in ‘Sarabjeet K