The bench was seized of a plea filed by a girl and a boy, who got married as per the Muslim rituals but against the will of their families. They sought protection as they apprehended physical harm from their family members.
The Court in its order passed on June 17, said that it is the obligation of the Constitutional courts to zealously guard the right to liberty of an individual as dignified existence of an individual has an inseparable association with liberty.
“Thus, it is emphatically clear that life and liberty sans dignity and choice is a phenomenon that allows hollowness to enter into the constitutional recognition of identity of a person. The choice of an individual is an extricable part of dignity, for dignity cannot be thought of where there is erosion of choice and no one should be permitted to interfere in the fructification of the said choice,” the single-judge said.
If right to express one’s own choice is obstructed, it would be extremely difficult to think of dignity in its sanctified completeness, he added.
Source: Barandbench
