India: Where Morality is Illegal but Loopholes Are a Fundamental Right
Only in india can a high court ruling sound like the punchline of a bad joke. The madhya pradesh high court has now said that a woman can happily live with a man who already has a wife—because, technically, there’s no law against it. Bravo! So bigamy is illegal, polygamy is frowned upon, but slap the sticker of “live-in relationship” on it, and suddenly it becomes a shining example of personal liberty. The judiciary didn’t just open a loophole—it practically built a highway through it.
The irony is so rich, it deserves its own courtroom. On one hand, couples in love are hounded in parks by police and vigilantes, marriages across caste or religion invite FIRs and protests, and interfaith relationships are criminalized under the “love jihad” circus. But when a man decides to have wife No.1 and a side-order of wife No.2 disguised as a live-in partner, the courts throw up their hands and say, “Sorry, not illegal, carry on!” So much for cultural values and sanskaar.
This ruling isn’t progressive justice—it’s judicial laziness dressed up as freedom. Instead of questioning the intent, the courts hide behind technicalities. The message is clear: morality has no place in indian law, but loopholes enjoy full constitutional protection. In short, india remains the only country where law bows down to love… but only when it’s adulterous enough.
The irony is so rich, it deserves its own courtroom. On one hand, couples in love are hounded in parks by police and vigilantes, marriages across caste or religion invite FIRs and protests, and interfaith relationships are criminalized under the “love jihad” circus. But when a man decides to have wife No.1 and a side-order of wife No.2 disguised as a live-in partner, the courts throw up their hands and say, “Sorry, not illegal, carry on!” So much for cultural values and sanskaar.
This ruling isn’t progressive justice—it’s judicial laziness dressed up as freedom. Instead of questioning the intent, the courts hide behind technicalities. The message is clear: morality has no place in indian law, but loopholes enjoy full constitutional protection. In short, india remains the only country where law bows down to love… but only when it’s adulterous enough.