The Supreme Court has declared that women involved in live-in relationships that are "in the nature of marriage" are eligible for protection under Section 498A of the IPC, which covers cases of cruelty by husbands or their families. The court clarified that this protection is available only when the couple demonstrates a clear "intention to marry." The bench noted that excluding these women from such legal safeguards while providing them to legally wedded wives would be a violation of Article 14.

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