The High Court of Kerala has held that a man and a woman who belonged to different religions and got married in Ernakulam are “at liberty to go according to their will.”
The man, and the woman, both youngsters, hailing from Kasaragod, had got married in Ernakulam on February 25 following an order from the court.
Earlier, when the two were produced before the High Court on February 10 following a habeas corpus petition from her father, they had submitted that they had decided to get married and live together.
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During their interaction with the court, they had expressed their desire to get married in Ernakulam as the man had received a threat through WhatsApp and the woman too was threatened by unknown persons while she was staying in a hostel in Ernakulam.
Following the instructions of the court, the marriage was registered by the Registrar of Marriage, Badiadka, at SNV Sadanam Hostel, Ernakulam, where the woman was staying. Tom Jose Padinjarekkara, Additional Director General of Prosecution, submitted that the Ernakulam Central police and the Kasaragod Vidyanagar police had registered cases regarding the threats received by the couple.
Affidavit filed
Vigilance Additional Director General of Police Jacob Thomas, in an affidavit filed before the High Court of Kerala, refuted the allegations of corruption levelled against him while he held the post of Director of Ports.
K. Sathyan of Koothuparamba, Kannur, had approached the High Court seeking a directive to the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to register a first information report (FIR) against Mr. Thomas.
The petitioner had stated that there was an investigation report against Mr. Thomas.
In his affidavit, Mr. Thomas stated that the petitioner was maligning him and the department for interfering in the illegal functioning of the society controlled by him.
As a retaliatory measure, the petitioner had submitted personal complaints against him before the Secretary, Department of Ports, Mr. Thomas said.