Hyderabad, Dec. 21 -- The Telangana High Court has ruled that a major woman from a Hyderabad couple has the right to live with the person she loves, and directed her immediate release from Shakti Sadan, a shelter home in the city.

Habeas corpus petition filed by man

A division bench of Justices Moumita Bhattacharya and Gadde Praveen Kumar passed the order while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of a young man whose partner, a major, had been placed in Shakti Sadan run by the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust.

The couple, from different communities, had left their homes in Hyderabad and approached the Tukaram Gate police seeking protection after facing strong family opposition. Police, after speaking to both familie...