ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

Two young adult females who declare their fondness for each other and have been staying together in a live-in relationship for the last four years have come up before this Court seeking protection through the State by invoking their fundamental rights of life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

2. Notices served upon the official respondents through the State's counsel. Given the nature of the order that this Court proposes to pass, neither the response of official respondents nor the issuance of notices to the private respondents is required.

3. It remains undisputed that the petitioners are above 18 years of age; as such, they are adults and have all the legal rights to live as they desire, so long it does not violate any law. Their claim of fondness for each other and living together in a live-in relationship prima facie does not violate any provision of law in force. Love, attraction, and fondness have no boundaries, and not even the boundary of gender. However, some segments of societies cannot keep pace with the boldness of expression, courage not to be subservient, and the rapidly changing ethos and lifestyles that Gen-Z and millennials