Live-in relationship not permitted under Islam, says Allahabad HC

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has said that a follower of Islam cannot be in a live-in relationship, particularly if the spouse is alive. "The Islamic tenets do not permit live-in relationships during the subsisting marriage," said the bench. With this observation, the court refused to provide police protection to petitioners Sneha Devi and Mohd Shadab Khan.