Jammu & Kashmir High Court - Srinagar BenchTabasum Jan & Anr vs Union Territory Of J&K And Ors on 13 January, 2023Serial No. 15\n                                                       Supplementary Cause List 1\n\n            HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH\n                           AT SRINAGAR\n\n                               WP(C) No. 40/2023\n                                CM No. 50/2023\n     Tabasum Jan & Anr.                                  ...Appellant/Petitioner(s)\n\n     Through: Mr. Wani Parvaiz, Advocate.\n\n                                        Vs.\n\n     Union Territory of J&K and Ors.                             ...Respondent(s)\n\n     Through:\n\n     CORAM:\n                HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SEKHRI, JUDGE\n\n                                   ORDER13.01.20231.      The petitioners seek a direction to respondents 1 to 4 to provide them\n\nthe police protection as they apprehend danger to their lives from respondent\n\nno. 5. It is submitted that the petitioners are major and out of their free will\n\ncontracted marriage without any force, undue influence, fraud and coercion.\n\nCopy of Nikah Nama dated 10.01.2023 has been placed on record. They\n\nsubmit that since they have contracted the marriage against the wishes of\n\nrespondent no. 5, as such, they are facing harassment at his hands.2.      Learned counsel for the petitioners refers to the decision of the Supreme\n\nCourt inLata Singh v. State of U.P.and anr., 2006 (5) SCC 475, and\n\nsubmits that in absence of there being any legal impediment, the petitioners\n\nare entitled to marry according to their choice and the official respondents are\n\nduty bound to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners.3.      Any person having attained the age of majority is entitled to contract\n\nthe marriage as per his/her wishes and the police department is duty bound to\n\nprotect the life and liberty, if approached. However, it appears that the\n petitioners have never approached the official respondents for their\n\nindulgence in the matter for providing protection to them.4.    In this view of the matter, this petition is disposed of, at this stage, by\n\nproviding that the respondents 1 to 4 shall look into the grievance of the\n\npetitioners for providing them adequate security and to ensure that nobody\n\ninterferes in their married life, if they approach them. It is made clear that no\n\nopinion has been expressed with regard to the validity of their marriage. It is\n\nfurther provided that this order shall not come in the way of Police Authority\n\nto verify the medical certificate of petitioner no. 1.5.    The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of.(RAJESH SEKHRI)\n                                                                 JUDGE\nSRINAGAR:13.01.2023\n"Hamid"