Refusal To Marry Alone Doesn't Amount To Abetment Of Suicide: Top Court
The case arose from the suicide of a woman who had been living with the first appellant, her alleged lover, for around three months.
New Delhi, October 8, 2026: The Supreme Court has dismissed criminal proceedings against six people, ruling that refusing to marry a live-in partner does not automatically equate to abetting suicide. The court emphasized that a breakup or refusal to marry, even if it leads to suicide, cannot be treated as abetment of suicide. The bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran made this observation while overturning the criminal proceedings against the suspects.
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