India, March 28 -- The Allahabad high court on Wednesday said that a married man in a live-in relationship with a consenting adult woman is not in breach of any law.

"Morality and law have to be kept apart. If there is no offence under the law made out, social opinions and morality will not guide the action of the Court for protecting the rights of citizens," observed a bench comprising justice JJ Munir and justice Tarun Saxena

The court granted protection from arrest to both petitioners in the case. The woman and man were living together, but a complaint was lodged by the woman's family on the grounds that the man was already married. The petitioners claimed the woman's family was interfering with their lives.

The other side's lawyer ...