Last Updated:December 25, 2024, 00:39 IST The court was hearing a habeas corpus plea filed by a woman, claiming that her same-sex partner had been forcibly taken away by her parents and other individuals after the detainee filed a complaint against her family on September 30, 2024 The court allowed the habeas corpus petition and directed the local SHO to escort the detainee safely to the petitioner’s residence. (Representational image/Getty) The Andhra Pradesh High Court, ensuring that societal or familial pressures do not hinder constitutional rights, held that a woman who has attained majority cannot be restricted by her family members from cohabitation with her same-sex partner. A division bench of Justice R Raghunandan Rao and Justice Maheshwara Kuncheam reaffirmed that an adult woman is free to make her own decisions, including the choice to live with a same-sex partner. The court was hearing a habeas corpus plea, filed by the petitioner, claiming that her same-sex partner had been forcibly taken away by her parents and other individuals after the detainee filed a complaint against …