ANIL KUMAR Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) 1. On the averments made in the writ petition, we are satisfied that the matter is urgent to be entertained in the summer vacations.

(2.) HEARD learned counsel for the petitioners. Learned standing counsel appears for respondent nos. 1 to 3. The respondent no. 4 is the father of petitioner no.2.

(3.) THE petitioners have relied upon Lata Singh vs. State of UP AIR 2006 SC 2522 in support of their submission, that there is no law prohibiting inter-caste marriage or marriage between the boy and the girl of a different religions. At best the family may socially avoid them, but that they cannot be subjected to harassment, torture and intervention in their life by police.