JUDGMENT : Sujoy Paul, J.:- The petitioners in this matter are admittedly major/adults and have married each other on their own. This Court by passing an ad-interim order on 2.6.2011 directed that if the petitioners prefer representation to. S.P., appropriate action for their protection be taken. There is sizable increase of such kind of marriages where a person of one caste or religion is marrying a person of a different caste. Because of such marriages they are subjected to threatenings, humiliation and victimization and even getting threat to their life. It is made clear in the judgment that if the parents of the boy or girl do not approve of such inter-caste or inter- religious marriage the maximum they can do is that they can cut-off social relations with the son or the daughter, but they cannot give threats or commit or instigate acts of violence nor they can be permitted to harass the person who undergoes such inter-caste or inter-religious marriage. In this view of the matter even the parents cannot raise their eyebrows to this extent and none can be permitted to cause threat to life, liberty and dignity of the petitioners.