Thiruvananthapuram : K.M. Ashokan, father of his converted daughter Hadiya, is a bit surprised over media attention on him after he officially took BJP membership. Speaking to IANS over phone from Vaikom where he lives, he said he fails to understand why he is back in the limelight. “I have been a BJP sympathizer for […]
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All this happened because I embraced Islam: Hadiya
Kozhikode (Kerala) : On her first visit to her home state Kerala after the Supreme Court upheld her marriage with Shafin Jahan, Hadiya on Saturday said “all this happened as I embraced Islam”. “The Constitution gives all the freedom to choose their religion, which is a fundamental right of every citizen and all this happened […]
‘Love Jihad’ : SC upholds Hadiya’s marriage
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday restored the marriage of Hadiya with Shafin Jahan, setting aside a Kerala High Court order annulling their wedding. Earlier, Kerela HC had annulled the marriage of alleged ‘love jihad’ victim Hadiya and sent her to her parent’s custody. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in […]
NIA denies behaving with Hadiya with prejudice
New Delhi : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday denied before the Supreme Court the allegation of Kerala woman Hadiya, who is in the midst of a “love jihad” controversy, that the agency behaved with her with a prejudice as if she is a criminal or a terrorist. The NIA, in an affidavit, filed […]
SC ‘worried’ at HC annulling Hadiya’s marriage
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the argument that Kerala woman Hadiya, in midst of a ‘love jihad’ controversy, was “vulnerable” to being recruited by terror group IS, saying that the government can stop people going overseas for illegal activity but stressed its “worry” over the high court annulling her marriage. “Can […]
I’m Muslim, want to live with husband, Hadiya tells SC
New Delhi : Kerala woman Akhila Asokan, alias Hadiya who is in the midst of a ‘love jihad’ controversy, has told the Supreme Court that she is a Muslim now and wants to live with her husband Shafin Jahan — with whom her marriage was annulled by the Kerala High Court. In an affidavit before […]
Probe criminal dimension, not Hadiya’s marriage: SC to NIA
New Delhi, Jan 23: The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the NIA to continue its probe into any criminality in the marriage of Hadiya, a Hindu woman from Kerala who converted to Islam, with Shafin Jahan but not intrude into their marriage. Observing that probe into the criminal aspect has to be segregated from the […]