NEHA GUPTA AND ANOTHER vs UT OF CHANDIGARH AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 168 CRWP-5194-2026. Date of Decision: 04.05.2026. Neha Gupta and another ....Petitioners. VERSUS U.T., Chandigarh and others ....Respondents. *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY VASHISTH --- Present: Mr. Vikram Pundir, Advocate for the petitioners. **** SANJAY VASHISTH, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the instant petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of directions to official respondent Nos.2 and 3, to provide protection of lives and liberty of the petitioners, who have married against the wishes of private respondents. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner No.1 – Neha Gupta, aged 27 years and petitioner No.2 – Arvind Chudary, aged 29 years, have solemnized marriage on 18.01.2026, against the wishes of their family members, arrayed as respondent Nos.4 to 7. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that it is the first marriage of both the petitioners. It has been submitted that the private respondents are threatening to interfere in the matrimonial life of the petitioners. Hence, the petitioners are seeking protection in that regard and have approached this Co