Can live life on own terms: Allahabad High Court reunites inter-faith couple

The Allahabad High Court has ruled in favour of an interfaith couple, underlining that the woman is an adult who "wants to live with her husband" and had the "right to live life on her terms... is free to move as per her choice without any restriction or hindrance being created by (a) third party".

The court also quashed an FIR registered against her husband in September in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, and directed police to provide security for the couple till they returned home. The FIR was filed after the woman's father alleged his daughter had been kidnapped and forced into marriage.

"She has a choice to live life on her terms and is free to move as per her choice without any restriction... has expressed that she wants to live with her husband... is free to move as per her own choice without any restriction or hindrance being created by (a) third party," the court said.