ACTION PUNJAB NEWS Desk: The Punjab and Haryana High Court imposed a Rs. 50,000 fine as a “deterrent” on a married maths teacher who sought to protect his live-in relationship with a 19-year-old student.
What is the case?
The Court was hearing a protection petition under Article 226 filed by a teacher-student couple, in which the man was already married and had a child and taught the 19-year-old girl.
According to the petition, they have developed intimacy and are now living together, with the girl’s family members posing a threat.
After reviewing the petition, the Court imposed the cost as a deterrent and ordered that the funds be deposited with the High Court Bar Association Lawyers’ Family Welfare Fund.
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While rejecting the plea, Justice Alok Jain stated that “such kind of petitions deserves to be dealt with strictly, although counsel for the petitioner outrightly prays for withdrawal of the present petition, the same is dismissed as withdrawn with cost of Rs.50,000/- on petitioner No.2 as a deterrent that the teacher, who impart education does not abuse the process of law.”
The High Court previously stated that living together with another woman without dissolving the marriage with the previous spouse may constitute a bigamy offence under Sections 494 and 495 of the IPC.
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