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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Marriage Protection Ruling: Court Upholds Adults’ Right to Marry by Choice In a significant reaffirmation of constitutional freedoms, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court granted protection to a couple who married against the wishes of their families, holding that the right to choose a life partner is intrinsic to dignity, liberty, and identity under the Constitution of India. Justice M A Chowdhary, while hearing a plea seeking s