"Prima facie, the Kerala High Court had interviewed her before deciding to annul the marriage and return the child to her father. In this interview, the High Court judgment records that her answers were incoherent. Earlier this year, the Kerela HC nullified Shafin Jahan's marriage with 24-year-old Hadiya aka Akhila condemning it as "love jihad". "They (Kerala High Court) have declared a marriage void. "My daughter once told me that she wants to do sheep-farming in Syria... even the most liberal of fathers would be shocked to hear this," advocate Madhvi Diwan, representing Ashokan, told the bench.

Source: dna August 05, 2017 02:15 UTC