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The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hold an urgent hearing on a plea by father of Hadiya, a 24-year-old Hindu woman from Kerala who converted to Islam, and said that the matter will be heard on the scheduled date of November 27.
Turning down the request, the apex court said it will deal with plea on Monday (November 27) when the woman would be brought before it for interaction.
The court had on Monday asked Hadiya’s father, Asokan to present her in court to ascertain her views on her marriage to a Muslim man, Shafin Jahan.
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The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud also said that it would ascertain her views in the open court, as it did not accept that she be questioned by the judges in-camera.
The court was hearing a plea by Shafin Jahan challenging the Kerala High Court order of May nullifying his marriage with Hadiya and seeking recall of the court order asking NIA to investigate the conversion of Hadiya to Islam and her marriage.
The NIA in its earlier report has pointed to a “pattern” involving conversion to Islam and marriages in Kerala.
Speaking to reporters in Kottayam after the court’s order, Asokan, the father of Hadiya, denied that his daughter was under house arrest and said he will produce her before the Supreme Court on November 27 as directed.
Hadiya’s father had appealed for in-camera proceedings, but the Supreme Court declined his request.
The marriage was challenged in the High Court by Hadiya’s father, who also alleged that Jahan had links with terror group IS.
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