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Khusboo gets relief as SC okays pre-marital sex
R Balaji
First Published : 23 Mar 2010 09:15:17 PM IST
Last Updated : 24 Mar 2010 08:18:39 AM IST
NEW DELHI: In an observation that will cheer votaries of pre-marital sex and live-in-partners, the Supreme Court today opined that a man and woman living together without marriage cannot be construed as an offence.
"When two adult people want to live together what is the offence? Does it amount to an offence? Living together is not an offence. It cannot be an offence," a three-judge bench of Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Deepak Verma and B S Chauhan observed.
The court said even Lord Krishna and Radha lived together according to mythology.
The apex court said there was no law which prohibits live-in relationship or pre-marital sex.
The apex court made the observation while reserving its judgement on a special leave petiton filed by noted south Indian actress Khusboo seeking to quash 22 criminal cases filed against her after she allegedly endorsed pre-maritial sex in interviews to various magazines in 2005.
The judges grilled the counsel for some of the complainants in the case and repeatedly stressed that the perceived immoral activities cannot be branded as offence.
The argument of the counsel was that her comments allegedly endorsing pre-marital sex would adversely affect the minds of young people leading to decay in moral values and country's ethos.
"Please tell us what is the offence and under which section. Living together is a right to life," the apex court said apparently referring to Article 21.
PTI
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