The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) last week imposed ₹1 lakh costs on a couple after finding that they had concealed the fact that the man was already married to secure interim protection from police harassment and coercive action. The High Court noted that this fact had “neither been disclosed in the writ petition nor before the Court” when the earlier order granting protection was passed. In view of this, the Court stated that the petition had been filed with a false affidavit and with material concealment. The Court directed that if the costs were not paid within the stipulated period, the amount would be recovered as arrears of land revenue through the District Magistrate concerned. It further directed that failure to recover the amount within the prescribed period be reported to the Contempt Court for appropriate action.