SYNOPSIS

INTRODUCTION

Marriage is necessarily the basis of social foundation from which important legal rights and
obligations emerge. In ancient times, marriage was considered to be decided by the God and
divinity was associated with it. It is considered to be a sacred social institution but the concept of
marriage has continuously evolved with time with the ever changing society and human
psychology. The upcoming generations are considering relationships ever more liberally and
with more freedom. One of such concept is of live in relationship which has been adopted by
numerous couples around the world. The relationship where couples cohabit with each other
without any legal obligations towards each other is known as live in relationship. This is the
relationship with the nature of marriage but unlike marriage. This concept has slowly shown its
footsteps in India as well. However this type of relationship in India is often seen as taboo and
with sin. Although the legal status of live in relationship in India is still unclear, the supreme
court of India has ruled out that if the couples are living with each other for long period of time
they will be considered as married couples and they can take remedy under Domestic violence
act, 2005.

OBJECTIVES

1. To analyze what is live in relationships more briefly.

2. To compare the status of live in relationships with marriage with the help of judicial
decision in India.
3. To study the status of live in relationship in other countries.
4. To suggest remedial measures to alleviate the sufferings of women in “live in
relationships in India”

METHODOLOGY

I will employ a simple, scientific method of descriptive which will be totally dependent mainly
on the information collected from books and various internet sources and even from the official
reports and try to work with it in a organized way i.e. is with the planned procedure not a
spontaneous one.

I will also adopt an analytical method to analyze, interpret and derive a distinctive conclusion
from the data which has been collected from the given sources.
CHAPTERISATION

Chapter 1: Introduction to live in relationships.

1. History of evolution of “live in relationships”.

2. Defining marriage.
3. Defining “live in relationships”.
4. Difference between marriage and “live in relationships”.

Chapter 2: Status of live in relationship in India and other countries.

1. Provision regarding live in relationships in India.

2. Provision regarding live in relationships in other counties.
3. Comparing both the provisions.
4. Increase in the Trend of Rape Allegations In Case Of Failure of Live In Relationships.

Chapter 3: Live in relationships and its impact on related statutes.

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Chapter 4: Protection of rights of female partner living in live in relationships.

1. Legitimacy and the Rights of the children born out of live in relationships.
2. Right of women in live in relationships.
3. Inherent, Divorce issues in live in relationships.

Chapter 5: Response of Indian judiciary to live in relationships.

Chapter 6: Conclusion

Chapter 7: Suggestions and recommendations.