Can unmarried couples be arrested from hotels like OYO? Here Every Details

OYO Hotel: If you also consider booking an OYO room, read this news first. Hotel booking platform OYO has changed its rules. Now, OYO will not give rooms to unmarried couples. OYO has refused to provide rooms for unmarried couples to its hotel operators in Meerut.

According to the new rules, couples booking rooms in Meerut online or offline will have to show the marriage certificate first, only after that you will get the room. Under the new rule, only married couples will be given rooms. In such a situation, trouble has arisen for unmarried couples.

According to Indian law, people over 18 can travel anywhere and stay in a hotel. This right is protected by Article 21 of the Constitution, which guarantees the privacy and personal freedom of the individual. If an unmarried couple stays in a hotel, they cannot be arrested on this basis alone.

If the police raid a hotel and find a couple there, there is no legal basis for arresting them without any allegation of criminal activity. According to a media report, experts say that if the girl and the boy are together with mutual consent, the police cannot act against them. However, if the girl makes serious allegations or changes her statement, the situation may change, and the matter may also go to court.

In 2019, the Madras High Court clarified that unmarried couples staying in a hotel is neither illegal nor a crime. The court said that a live-in relationship between adults is not a crime. The Delhi High Court in 2009 and the Madras High Court in 2013 also took the same decision.

This rule has not yet been implemented for couples living in cities other than Delhi-NCR. That is, this rule is currently limited to Meerut only. However, OYO plans to implement it based on feedback from different towns. That is, if OYO also implements these rules in other cities, then.