Intimate violence remains a pervasive silent crime which most girls and women either experience but do not report or have the possibility to report to police.

It is unthinkable that marriages and live-in relationships between adults should become so regimented by the state. This is a violation of constitutional and human rights to have adult agency appropriated by the state and non-state actors. 

Examining the Mandate for Registering Live-in Relationships in India's Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code and Its Implications for Privacy, Procedural Fairness, and Personal Freedoms