Eligibility & Competency

In varied decisions, the Judiciary emphasized that two consenting adults, after attaining the age of majority and with sound minds, may enter into a Live-in-Relationship.

The Hon’ble Supreme Court has ruled that the Right to Life and Personal Liberty under Article - 21 of the Constitution of India are intertwined. It includes the freedom to choose a partner. Further, the Court also stated that cohabitation between two adults of heterogenic sex with all consent is acceptable and cannot be viewed as immoral or illegal.