IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.22243 of 2011(O&M) Date of decision:30.11.2011 Suman alias Sabira and another ...Petitioners versus State of Haryana, through the Home Secretary to Government Haryana, Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh, and others. ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Sanjiv Gupta, Advocate, and Mr. Gaurav Singla, Advocate, for the petitioners. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. It is a case of a Muslim woman who has got converted to Hinduism and got married with the Hindu rituals. I am not going to the question of whether there could be such conversion for the purpose of marriage and securing protection, although it is contended before me that the conversion was for all intents and purposes. Even as two adults without going through the form of marriage can opt to live together and seek for protection. We have come by a different social norms where living together is even Civil Writ Petition No.22243 of 2011 (O&M) - 2 - statutorily recognized in Protection of the Woman from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. As adults, they are still entitled to be protected. There is no definite proof of age of the petitioners through any documents except that it is averred in the petition that both are majors. The petitioners may approach the Senior Superintendent of Police, Karnal, if they apprehend threat to life and liberty and the police may give such protection as the situation warrants. 2. The writ petition is disposed of. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE 30.11.2011 sanjeev