Kerala High Court reunites lesbian couple separated by parents

The Kerala High Court on May 31 reunited a lesbiancouple which had been separated by their parents who did not approve of the relationshipThe court allowed the women to live together after one of them moved a habeas corpus petition seeking directions to the police to produce her partner a Kozhikode native who had been allegedly taken away by force by her parents from the petitioners homeThe court initially asked the police to produce the Kozhikode native before it and when she appeared before the Bench she said she wanted to live with the petitionerAs both women were adults and wanted to live together the court allowed their pleaThe petitioner a native of Ernakulam had initially taken to social media to draw attention to her samesex relationship with a schoolmate their families opposition to the same and the subsequent taking away of her partner allegedly by force by the latters parentsShe had alleged in her video posts on social media that not only has her friends family taken her away by force but the police also have not done anything to bring her backHowever the police had claimed that it had intervened in the matter right from the start and that the other woman a Kozhikode native had given in writing that she was leaving with her parents willinglyIt had also claimed that it was ready to take whatever steps necessary to protect the rights of the Ernakulam resident who is presently staying away from her parents in a shortstay homeThe woman had on Monday filed a complaint with Aluva police claiming that her partner had been taken away by force by the latters parents police had saidIn her posts the woman had claimed that she had first approached the Thamarassery police station with a complaint but they allegedly took no actionShe had also claimed that her friend was missing for several days and the latters family members too are nowhere to be foundAccording to her video posts the two women met each other in Saudi Arabia when they were studying in class XI in a school thereBy class XII they realised they were both lesbians and that they were in love said her postsWhen their respective parents found out about their relationship they lied that they would discontinue it she said and added that after they returned to India and joined college they continued with their relationshipThey also researched about same sex or LGBTIQ community and collected contact details of various groups organisations and people supporting them the social media posts saidSubsequently the Ernakulam resident went to Kozhikode to meet her friend and they both then took shelter in a home run by Vanaja Collective which claims to work for the welfare of the lesbian gay bisexual transgender intersex and queer LGBTIQ communityThereafter their parents met them at the home and on the assurances of protection given by the family of the Ernakulam residents both women went with themAt her home her family allegedly blackmailed and emotionally tortured both women and then one day the mother sister and some others known to the Kozhikode native came with a petition claiming she had been abducted and was being held against her will alleged the Ernakulam residentThey asked the father of the Ernakulam resident to hold her back and forcibly dragged her partner away said the postsShe had alleged that she was also able to get in touch with her friend just once a few days later when the latter was reportedly in some clinic in Malappuram and thereafter there has been no contact from her endEven the family of the Kozhikode native is not reachable over phone as their numbers are switched off she had claimed in her postShe claimed that her friends mother had assured that she would be produced before a court in a few days time but nothing of that sort has been doneOn May 31 she moved the court with a plea claiming her partner was being illegally confined by her parentsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever