Gujarat High Court allows pregnant woman to live with female partner, disposes of husband’s plea
Updated: Dec 27th, 2024
A pregnant woman appeared before Gujarat High Court with her female partner, refusing to go with her husband. The woman stated that she is an adult and does not wish to return to her husband. Instead, she wants to stay with her female partner.
Justices Ilesh Vora and S V Pinto finally ruled that the petitioner must allow his pregnant wife to stay with her female partner as per her wishes.
In a case involving allegations of a lesbian relationship, a man filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court, claiming that his wife, who is seven months pregnant, had gone missing and was staying with her childhood female friend. The police presented the petitioner’s wife before the high court. However, the pregnant woman made a revelation that shocked everyone.
The pregnant woman informed the high court that she was not being held captive and that she had voluntarily chosen to live with her female partner.
The man living in the Chandkheda area of Ahmedabad had filed the habeas corpus petition alleging that his wife had gone missing since October 29 without informing anyone at home. Consequently, he approached the high court to locate his wife and bring her back. The Chandkheda police presented the pregnant woman before the high court.
During the hearing, Justices Ilesh Vora and S V Pinto, along with the petitioner’s lawyer, the government lawyer, the woman’s sister, and the woman’s female partner, questioned the pregnant woman and asked with whom she wanted to live.
The pregnant woman’s response stunned the court. She said that she is an adult and had voluntarily chosen to live with her female partner due to harassment by her husband.
She asserted that no one had kept her captive and that she wished to remain with her female partner. The high court, although surprised, concluded that the woman’s wishes must be respected as she is an adult, and ruled that she could stay with her female partner. The case was subsequently disposed of.
The woman’s marriage took place on October 9, 2022. Initially, the couple lived a happy married life, and the woman was seven months pregnant, expecting to deliver in February 2025.
However, on October 29, 2024, the woman suddenly left home without informing anyone. She then went on live with her female partner, who was emotionally attached to her.
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