The apex court is not the competent authority to declare live in relation or premarital sex or extra marital sex as no act of sin. It can only judge a relationship only on the light of the law of the country. Divine or religious law is not its domain.

Live in relation is no sin. Says supreme Court. As 'sin' is a religious and not legal concept, obviosly here 'sin' means 'crime or offence under law'. In fact even casual consensual sex is not unlawful. The apex court has also given some guidle lines for safeguarding the women in such relation. Living in same house, appearing in society as man and wife, joint bank account etc are some ways to decide whether the couple are in live in relation.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/live-in-relationship-no-sin--sc-033801702.html

Yes I read it. Apex court eight guide lines to decide a live in relation. Some thing courts can not decide. These are purely social matter. It is right live in relation is not sin but it will give birth to many sins.

Live in relation is no sin. Says supreme Court. As 'sin' is a religious and not legal concept, obviosly here 'sin' means 'crime or offence under law'. In fact even casual consensual sex is not unlawful. The apex court has also given some guidle lines for safeguarding the women in such relation. Living in same house, appearing in society as man and wife, joint bank account etc are some ways to decide whether the couple are in live in relation.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/live-in-relationship-no-sin--sc-033801702.html

Now, spouse can be like husband and wife, but what abt. society, they will not ever accept such relationship, and that will be felt by couple when their children grown up and waiting to be marry.

The apex court is not the competent authority to declare live in relation or premarital sex or extra marital sex as no act of sin. It can only judge a relationship only on the light of the law of the country. Divine or religious law is not its domain.

I think Apex court can and does have the authority to make changes as and when required depending on the changed circumstances.If one is particular about religion they need not seek the help of the court but sort it according to their belief but for others it is very relevant and a step in the right direction...

Societal acceptance is important and in these cases, society sees different especially to ladies, for this it is always a nice idea for backing up laws, as earlier it was not there, but still there are some unanswered questions which can only be solved through active reforms within societies.

Live in relation is no sin. Says supreme Court. As 'sin' is a religious and not legal concept, obviosly here 'sin' means 'crime or offence under law'. In fact even casual consensual sex is not unlawful. The apex court has also given some guidle lines for safeguarding the women in such relation. Living in same house, appearing in society as man and wife, joint bank account etc are some ways to decide whether the couple are in live in relation.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/live-in-relationship-no-sin--sc-033801702.html

Now, spouse can be like husband and wife, but what abt. society, they will not ever accept such relationship, and that will be felt by couple when their children grown up and waiting to be marry.

Simple. If the couples care for what the society thinks and the repercussions of living together, they should not go for Live in relation. Choice is theirs. You cannot have the cake and eat it too.

Peeping into the history of legislation or more aptly laws one can easily understand this development in its true light and perspective. Most or many of laws which came to be adopted and accepted in their modern form preexisted as such in the form of customs and social practices. A good number of them bearing the genius of our forefathers formed parts of our modern laws with suitable changes and amendments as societies advanced mainly because these were rational and logical. Law, being a very dynamic domain , hates any form static resistances, undergoing transformation keeping in mind the needs of society. Now coming to Supreme Court's decision in this regard, I must say that acceptance of any custom is decided by the majority of society and once again I am stressing the word 'Acceptance' and 'Acceptability' to be very important. Legalizing 'live-in' would not ensure its acceptance or enhance its acceptability in Indian societies. It can ,at best, hope to have a 'niche' existence - nothing more or less!!

Live in relation is no sin. Says supreme Court. As 'sin' is a religious and not legal concept, obviosly here 'sin' means 'crime or offence under law'. In fact even casual consensual sex is not unlawful. The apex court has also given some guidle lines for safeguarding the women in such relation. Living in same house, appearing in society as man and wife, joint bank account etc are some ways to decide whether the couple are in live in relation.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/live-in-relationship-no-sin--sc-033801702.html

Now, spouse can be like husband and wife, but what abt. society, they will not ever accept such relationship, and that will be felt by couple when their children grown up and waiting to be marry.

Simple. If the couples care for what the society thinks and the repercussions of living together, they should not go for Live in relation. Choice is theirs. You cannot have the cake and eat it too.

It is right that it is matter of choice and we need not to care about it. But we are part of society and any bad or good also affected us.

Though it may not be sin rule but still people don't accept it easily. I have seen people living in live in relation they are always seen with haterd by neighbors. :blink:

Peeping into the history of legislation or more aptly laws one can easily understand this development in its true light and perspective. Most or many of laws which came to be adopted and accepted in their modern form preexisted as such in the form of customs and social practices. A good number of them bearing the genius of our forefathers formed parts of our modern laws with suitable changes and amendments as societies advanced mainly because these were rational and logical. Law, being a very dynamic domain , hates any form static resistances, undergoing transformation keeping in mind the needs of society. Now coming to Supreme Court's decision in this regard, I must say that acceptance of any custom is decided by the majority of society and once again I am stressing the word 'Acceptance' and 'Acceptability' to be very important. Legalizing 'live-in' would not ensure its acceptance or enhance its acceptability in Indian societies. It can ,at best, hope to have a 'niche' existence - nothing more or less!!

We Indians are the worst hypocrites ever ! I know of families where the man is openly having a mistress and accepted by others but give it a modern name 'living together' it becomes westernised and not acceptable...Has anyone denounced Hema malini,Jaya Prada or for that matter so many other celebrities who are all in live in relationships since whatever marriage they may have had is not legal...