The Rajasthan High Court has given an order to the government for couples living in live-in relationships. The High Court has directed the state government to launch a web portal to register live-in relationships.
Hearing the petitions filed by several live-in couples seeking protection, Justice Anop Kumar Dhand said that until such a law is made, live-in relationships should be registered on a web portal.
The court said, the idea of live-in relationship may look good, but the problems arising from it in real life are quite challenging. In such a relationship, the status of the woman is not that of a wife and there is lack of social acceptance or purity.
The bench said
that the live-in-relationship agreement is required to be registered by the tribunal, which is necessary. Apart from this, the bench has also said that a committee should be constituted in every district of the state to look into the matter of registration of such live-in relationships.
The bench further directed that a copy of the order be sent to the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, Department of Law and Justice, as well as Secretary, Department of Justice and Social Welfare, New Delhi to look into the matter and take action.