NEW DELHI: India´s Supreme court on Thursday ruled that a woman who converted to Islam should be allowed to live with her Muslim husband in a case that sparked debate about inter-religious relationships and women´s rights.
Judges overturned a lower court´s ruling that the December 2016 marriage between Akhila Ashokan and Shafin Jahan was illegal. Ashokan´s Hindu father won a court order last May to nullify the marriage and return the 25-year-old woman to her parents´ home, alleging that she had been forced to wed and convert.That ruling by the high court in southern Kerala state outraged women´s rights campaigners. Jahan challenged the order, and the Supreme court said, "In this case, we feel that the high court shouldn´t have annulled the marriage. "Therefore we set aside the high court order. The girl is free to pursue her endeavours," it added. The Supreme court had already ordered Ashokan´s removal from her father´s custody last November, after the young woman told the judges: "I want my freedom."
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