Allahabad High Court
SMT SHALONI AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI
Holding
The petition was dismissed as it was not pressed.
Summary
The petitioners, Smt Shaloni and another, filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the State of U.P. and others not to harass or interfere with their peaceful marital life. It was admitted that petitioner No.1 was in a live-in relationship with petitioner No.2, without any decree of divorce, and that a marriage had taken place in 2009 with respondent No.4. During the hearing, the petitioners' counsel, Rama Pati Tripathi, decided not to pursue the petition further. Consequently, the Court dismissed the petition on the ground that it was not pressed. No substantive merits were examined, and the case was closed without any order on the merits.
Subjects
- writ
- mandamus
- live-in relationship
- marital harassment
- petition dismissed
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 9758 of 2026
Smt Shaloni And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rama Pati Tripathi
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.
Court No. - 76
HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J.
Shri Prakash Mishra, Advocate holding brief of Shri Rama Pati Tripathi,
learned counsel for the petitioners and Shri Arvind Kumar Singh, learned
Chief Standing Counsel for the State are present.
The instant petition has been filed by the petitioners with a prayer to issue
writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the
respondents not to harass and interfere in the peaceful marital life of the
petitioners.
It is admitted case that petitioner No. 1 is living in live-in-relationship with
the petitioner No. 2 without any decree of divorce or early marriage, which
was taken place in the year of 2009 with respondent No. 4.
After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioners does not want to
press this petition.
The petition is dismissed as not pressed accordingly.
April 20, 2026
T. Sinha (Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
TRIPTI SINHA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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