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Nepal Supreme Court Recognizes Lesbians’ Rights
By KTM Metro Reporter
November 6, 2012: hearing on the habeas corpus case filed by her woman partner, the Supreme Court of Nepal has recognized the rights of lesbians to live together, and ruled that Rajani Shahi could live with her woman partner named Prem Kumari Nepali according to the news posted on the website of the Times of India.
In a ruling today, the Supreme Court allowed Rajani Shahi to live with her woman partner rejecting the demand of her relatives for separating her from her woman partner and sending her back to her husband.
Rajani Shahi was married to a man and has an 11-year-old daughter, but she has been living with Prem Kumari Nepali for the last two years. She had even sought divorce from her husband, but her relatives from both sides tried to separate her from her woman partner.
After the family of Rajani Shahi made her enforced disappearance, her woman partner Prem Kumari Nepali filed a habeas corpus case at the Supreme Court. Appearing at the court hearing, Rajani Shahi told the judge that she wanted to live with her woman partner Prem Kumari Nepali rather than her husband.
