AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court permitted a 19-year-old to leave her father’s home and make her own living arrangements, after her family violated the conditions set by court and continued to hinder her meetings with her boyfriend.
The family is against her relationship with her boyfriend, who is yet to complete 21 years and cannot legally marry her. Last month, the youth moved the HC, complaining that his girlfriend was being forcibly detained by her family and not being allowed to meet him even though she is an adult. The HC interacted with her and sent her to the shelter home in Paldi on July 20.
On August 2, the high court tried to bring an amicable solution to the problem. It asked the girl to live with her family upon certain assurances given by her father. One of the conditions was that she would be allowed to meet her boyfriend twice a week in the house and that she would be allowed to take up a job.
This arrangement was made for a month and the HC was to hear the case further on September 6. But a week passed, and the girl came to the court once again and submitted that the family had continued to harass her and had also failed to keep any of the promises made before the court.
She told to that she did not wish to go back to the shelter home and should be allowed to be left to her own devices. The court said that since she is adult, she cannot be forced to live with her family against her wish.
