SHIVANI AND ANOTHER vs STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

CRWP-5771-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 138 CRWP-5771-2026 SHIVANI AND ANOTHER ....PETITIONERS V/s STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS ....RESPONDENTS Date of decision: 15.05.2026 Date of Uploading: 15.05.2026 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Bhupender Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 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-Shivani is 30.03.2008 and the date of birth of the petitioner No.2- Nitesh is 20.03.2006. 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 Kaur and another versus State of Punjab and