The Allahabad High Court’s order directing police to offer protection to 12 women in live-in relationships reaffirms the constitutional commitment to personal liberty at a moment when such freedoms appear increasingly contested. “The concept of a live-in relationship may not be acceptable to all, but it cannot be said that such a relationship is an illegal one or that living together without the sanctity of the marriage constitutes an offence,” held the court, rejecting the state’s claim that cohabitation outside marriage corrodes the “social fabric”. The court’s insistence........

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