Kerala High Court: Police Cannot Compel Adult Woman To Return Home Against Her Wishes

Police cannot compel adult woman to return home, and neither can her parents: that is the Kerala High Court’s holding, which still lets the police record her presence in a missing person case. Ernakulam: A missing person complaint filed by a mother had led to a registered crime, and the Kerala High Court has ruled […]

Allahabad High Court Stays Compensation Direction Against UP Government For Sisters Confined After Embracing Islam

Allahabad High Court stays compensation direction against the Uttar Pradesh Government in the case of two adult sisters who said they were confined by their father after embracing Islam, while leaving their release undisturbed. Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has stayed, until further orders, a Single Judge’s direction requiring the State of Uttar Pradesh to […]

Allahabad High Court Rejects Habeas Corpus Plea For Adult Daughter; Says Parents Cannot Compel Her

The Allahabad High Court dismissed a mother’s habeas corpus plea seeking production of her 25-year-old daughter, holding that a major cannot be compelled against her expressed will to reside with her parents.

A Major Woman Has Right To Live As Per Her Wishes, Cannot Be Illegally Detained By Police: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a major woman has the right to live according to her own wishes and cannot be unlawfully detained by police. However, the Court clarified that she cannot reside as the wife of a man who is below the legally prescribed marriageable age.

As an Adult, She Has the Right to Choose: Bombay HC Protects Pregnant Woman Facing Family Threats

The Bombay High Court ruled that an adult woman has the right to make her own life choices, even if her family disagrees. The court granted protection to a pregnant woman who wished to marry her partner despite family threats.