Jammu & Kashmir High Court - Srinagar BenchSameera Akhter And Anr vs U.T Through Director General Of Police ... on 13 July, 2022Author:Sanjeev KumarBench:Sanjeev KumarS. No. 68\n                                                            Supplementary list 1\n      IN THE HIGH C0URT 0F JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH\n                         AT SRINAGAR\n\n                               CM 3558/2022\n                            In WP(C) 1471/2022\n\n Sameera Akhter and Anr.                                        ...Petitioner(s)\n\n Through: Mr. Zahid Iqbal, Advocate\n\n                                      Vs.\n\n U.T Through Director General of Police and Ors.               ...Respondent(s)\n\n Through: Ms. Asia Padroo, AAG.\n\n CORAM:\n  HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR, JUDGE\n\n                                   ORDER13.07.20221.    The petitioners seek a direction to respondents 1 to 5, to provide them\n\nthe police protection as they apprehend danger to their lives from\n\nrespondents 6 to 8. It is submitted that the petitioners are major and out of\n\ntheir free will they got married. Copy of Nikahnama has been placed on\n\nrecord. They submit that since they have contracted the marriage against the\n\nwishes of respondents 6 to 8, as such, they are facing harassment at their\n\nhands.2.    Learned counsel for the petitioners refers to the decision of the\n\nSupreme Court inLata Singh v. State of U.P.and anr., 2006 (5) SCC\n\n475, and submits that in absence of there being any legal impediment, the\n\npetitioners are entitled to marry according to their choice and the official\n\nrespondents are duty bound to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners.-2-3.     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\n\nto protect the life and liberty, if approached. However, it appears that the\n\npetitioners have not ever 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 5, 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 Date of Birth certificate of petitioner no. .5.     The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of.(SANJEEV KUMAR)\n                                                            JUDGE\n\nSRINAGAR\n13.07.2022\n"Mir Arif"