MP HC upholds woman’s right to reside with partner amid dispute with husband, junks spouse’s plea

• Rohan Umak
• April 6, 2026

MP High Court ruling: The Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court (HC), on Monday, upheld a married woman’s right to reside with her partner, trashing a habeas corpus plea filed by her husband. The bench made the ruling when the young woman, standing before the court alongside her husband, parents and partner, made her stance unequivocally clear; she wishes to live life on her own terms. …