LIVE-IN RELATIONSHIP: AN IN-DEPTH SOCIETAL & LEGAL PROBE
Authors/Creators
- 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha
Description
The concept of development and change in a society has a lot of ambiguity and contradictions. When it comes to changing a community’s, mindset based on an ancient view, it can go through a lot of debate. One of the most common exemplars of this is live-in relationships. For a long time, Indian society did not allow live-in relationships. The practice was considered a taboo in the country, and the Hindu Dharma believed that "one man, one wife" was the ideal wedding method. However, as people started to evolve, the generations that followed were ready to accept some of these practices. The paper explores the support that India's judiciary gives to live-in relationships and the defiance that often accompanies them. It covers the various legal aspects of live-in relationships, such as maintenance and the dispensation of the child consummated out of it.