Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Article 21 | Adult Autonomy in Inter-Caste Marriage Overrides Family Objections; Court Orders Return of Documents & Mandates Registration : Bombay HC (Nagpur Bench)
The Bombay High Court affirmed that an adult's right to choose a life partner under Article 21 cannot be overridden by caste-based family opposition, directing the return of educational documents and mobile phone seized by relatives. It permitted the couple to complete legal marriage registration within a month and ordered police to retrieve the items, while also accepting the petitioner's father's subsequent acceptance of the union as a binding acknowledgment of autonomy.