JAIPUR: In its reply to State Human Rights Commission’s initiative to protect rights of women in live-in relationships under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, the police department has suggested registration of live-in relationships and to make the provision of order from courts in case the relationship is broken.“Registration of live-in relationships is essential and there is need to specify a process to cancel the registration,” argued the police. The implication of this provision is to avoid cases of rape foisted on partners, after failed live-ins. In a long standing live-in relation, if a partner decides to break off the relation due to differences or dispute, in such cases, the court decree, like in the case of marriage, should be applied.It was pointed out that such a step would perhaps help the partners to rethink on their decision. The commission had asked how far the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, be applied in the case of live-in relations. The department suggested that in case a partner from a live-in opts out of the relation and wants to marry another person without the consent of the other, in such cases police intervention is called for. It also suggested amendment to section 498 A (cruelty to women) be supplemented with ‘women in live-in relationship’, which would help her to invoke the provision.Similarly, it was suggested to add ‘women in live-in relationship’ along with ‘women’ in section 494 of IPC, which exempts from punishment a second marriage contracted seven years after the absence of the spouse and section 497 of IPC dealing with adultery. There is also a need for amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act with the addition of ‘women in live-in relationships’ to protect the right of women in live-ins, it was pointed out.

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