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Calcutta High Court Assigns Police Protection to Interfaith Couple
The Calcutta High Court ordered round-the-clock police security for a couple forced to postpone their wedding after community objections. The ruling affirms constitutional guarantees of personal liberty against extralegal moral policing.
The precedent will spur similar petitions nationwide, testing police capacity to enforce constitutional rights against social coercion.
The concrete rupture occurred when a scheduled marriage in a Kolkata neighbourhood was disrupted by organised intimidation, compelling the pair to seek judicial intervention. The court's order, citing Article 21 protections, directed the commissioner of police to deploy personnel at the couple's residence and workplace. The judgment marks a rare instance where the judiciary has compelled executive action to safeguard individual choice from collective veto.
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