In a landmark verdict to a case of same-sex love—the first of its kind to be judged ever by a Kerala court—the magistrate allowed two women nurses to live "together forever". The problem came to the judicial magistrate’s court when Shiby of Adinali in Idukki district and Prema of Kollangode in Palakkad district were arrested in Thrissur following a complaint filed by Shiby’s brother about their "strange" relationship.