Kumari Anuradha And Another v. State Of Ut Chandigarh And Others

CRWP No.8010 of 2023 2023:PHHC:105370

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH CRWP No. 8010 of 2023 Date of Decision: 16.08.2023 Kumari Anuradha and another

...Petitioners

Versus

State of U.T. Chandigarh and others

...Respondents

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA

Present:

Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Shashank Bhandari, APP, UT Chandigarh.

**** ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

Fearing for their lives and liberty at the hands of the private respondents, the petitioners who claim to have married after attaining the permissible age for marriage, against the wishes of the private respondents, have come up before this Court by invoking their fundamental rights of life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, seeking direction to the State to protect them. 2.

Notices served upon the official respondents through the State's counsel. Given the nature of the order that this Court proposes to pass, neither the response of official respondents nor the issuance of notices to the private respondents is required. 3.

Counsel for the State, submits that statement of the petitioners have already been recorded and now they do not apprehend any threat. 4.

Given above, no further orders are required to pass in the present petition and the same is disposed of. It is clarified that in case, the petitioners feel any threat in future, they are at liberty to approach the concerned SHO, who shall given them protection on day-to-day analysis of the ground realities or upon the oral or written request of the petitioners. It shall also be open for the petitioners to approach this Court again if need arises.

5.

This order shall eclipse after thirty days from today. 6.

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Petition is disposed of in the terms mentioned above. All pending applications, if any, stand disposed.

(ANOOP CHITKARA) JUDGE 16.08.2023 anju rani Whether speaking/reasoned:

Yes Whether reportable:

No.

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