Allahabad High Court
SHIVANI CHAUDHARY AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI
Holding
The petition was dismissed as not pressed, allowing the petitioners to file a fresh petition.
Summary
The petitioners, who are in a live-in relationship and have not obtained a divorce decree from a prior marriage, filed a writ petition in the Allahabad High Court. Their counsel admitted the facts and expressed a desire to withdraw the petition, stating that it should be dismissed as not pressed. The court considered the petitioners' request to withdraw and the lack of any substantive issue to be adjudicated. Consequently, the court dismissed the writ petition as not pressed, granting the petitioners liberty to file a fresh petition if they choose. No substantive legal questions on the live-in relationship were addressed.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition is pressed and should be entertained?
Subjects
- live-in relationship
- writ petition
- withdrawal
- not pressed
- dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 17445 of 2026
Shivani Chaudhary And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Deepak Kumar Gupta
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 76
HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J.
Learned counsel for the petitioners fairly admits that the petitioner no. 1
live-in relationship with the petitioner no. 2 without obtaining any divorce
decree from earlier husband.
Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that he does not want to press
the present writ petition and it may be dismissed as not pressed with
liberty to file a fresh.
Accordingly, the present writ petition is dismissed as not pressed with
liberty to file a fresh.
(Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.)
May 5, 2026
A.
Digitally signed by :-
AFAQ AHMAD
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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