The Karnataka High Court has recently ruled in favor of a girl who eloped and married her lover. However, the HC cautioned that what she did to her parents could return to haunt her through her children.
While favoring the girl who eloped and married her lover, the High Court of Karnataka issued the above cautionary warning.
The girl’s father, T L Nagaraju had filed a habeas corpus petition in the HC stating that his daughter, Nisarga, an engineering student, was missing from her college hostel and one Nikhil, aka Abhi, who was a driver, had taken her away forcibly.
Later on, Nisarga and Nikhil were presented before the division bench of Justice B Veerappa and Justice K S Hemalekha.
Nisarga stated before the court that she was a major by age, having been born on April 28, 2003. She said that she was in love with Nikhil and went with him on her own accord. The two were married in a temple on May 13 and had been living together. The girl pleaded that she wanted to live with her husband and not go back to her parents. She further claimed she was doing it out of her own will in a “fit state of mind”.
Karnataka HC’s ruling
Have heard the say of both defense and convict and recording Nisarga and Nikhil’s statements, the court shared some advice for both the parents and their daughter.
“There are parents who sacrificed their lives for the children and also children who sacrificed their lives for the parents. If there is love and affection between the two, there cannot be any rift in the family and there would be no question of either child going against the parents or parents going against the children to the court to protect their rights,” the HC judge told the parents.
“The peculiar facts and circumstances of the present case clearly demonstrates that ‘love is blind and more powerful weapon than the love and affection of the parents, family members, and society at large,” the court added.
However, the court also warned Nisarga: “It is high time for the children to know that life consists of reaction, resound,and reflection. What they are doing to their parents today, they may get back exactly the same tomorrow.”
“According to Manusmruthi, no person can repay his parents even in 100 years for all the troubles that they go through to give birth to him/ her and raise him/ her till adulthood. Therefore, always try to do whatever pleases your parents and your teacher, because only then does any religious worship done by you bear some fruit. “
However, the court dismissed the petition of Nisarga’s father, stating that while the law may regulate the conditions of a valid marriage, “society has no role to play in determining their choice of partners, including the parents. It is well settled that the autonomy of the individual is the ability to make decisions on vital matters of concern in life.”
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