Supreme Court comes to rescue of girl who married against parents’ wishes

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday came to the rescue of a 19-year-old girl, who married against the wishes of her family, by ordering her release from Nari Niketan with a direction that she was at liberty to choose her way.

“She is set on liberty. Take her out from the exit gate of the courtroom. Policemen have nothing to do. She can go anywhere,” a bench headed by Chief Justice R.M. Lodha said.

The bench allowed the release of the girl after being fully satisfied with the documents which suggested that she was not a minor as claimed by her parents which formed the basis for the Rajasthan High Court to send her to Nari Niketan in Jaipur.

The girl was produced before the SC bench, which had on Friday issued a notice to the superintendent of Nari Niketan to produce her on the habeas corpus petition filed by her husband whom she had married on June 16.