Protection Petition -- Minor in Live-in Relationship With Adult -- Cannot Be Granted
Constitution of India, Art.226 -- Protection Petition -- Minor in Live-in Relationship With Adult -- A minor is incompetent to contract and lacks capacity to make such choices. Granting police protection to a minor in a live-in relationship with an adult would constitute implicit judicial sanction of an arrangement repugnant to the statutory framework enacted for the protection of minors. The paramount consideration in such cases is the welfare of the minor, and protective jurisdiction of the court cannot be exercised in a manner that indirectly countenances what the law expressly prohibits.
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