Abstract

For the expression of the right to free choice in family and marital relations, the right to choose one’s partner has been explored in all the aspects possible in this research article. The history of marriages in India has been a matter of traditions and religion from a historical perspective and has been evolving ever since Vedic times. From the practice of arranged marriages set by the families and society of the persons marrying each other, to choosing one’s partner freely has been a chronology of suffering, awareness, fighting and freeing oneself from the shackles of societal setup and conservative status quoists. When the attempts of the Indian legislature failed to provide protection to the couples marrying in inter-caste or inter-religion, the judiciary came to the rescue. With a plethora of judicial precedents, the right to choose one’s partner has been widely interpreted in the Courts across the country.

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