Sneha Banerjee, an associate researcher at the CSH and an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, wrote an article entitled “For Uttarakhand’s live-in couples, the State could become an unwelcome third wheel” published in Indian Express, on 8th February 2024.

The article is available at: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/state-is-in-the-room-uttarakhand-ucc-live-in-relationships-9150029/

Abstract: Provisions on live-in relationships open the floodgates of moral policing and severe intrusions on the privacy of citizens, especially for inter-faith and inter-caste couples.