PRAYAGRAJ, Feb. 24 -- The Allahabad high court on Monday held that the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 doesn't bar interfaith couples from living together in a live-in relationship.

The Allahabad high court observed that courts do not see such couples as Hindu and Muslim, but rather as two grown-up individuals who, out of their own free will and choice, are living together peacefully and happily for a considerable time.

Allowing the writ petition filed by Noori and another, along with 11 other connected petitions, Justice Vivek Kumar Singh granted relief to the couples, directing that they are at liberty to approach the police authorities for redressal of their grievances.

"Upon receipt of such ap...