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Allahabad HC orders release of converted sisters, Rs 25 lakh compensation
Allahabad HC orders release of converted sisters, Rs 25 lakh compensation
The Allahabad High Court has ordered the release of two adult Hindu sisters who converted to Islam, ruling their father's confinement of them illegal. The court directed the Uttar Pradesh government and…
The Story in Brief
The Allahabad High Court has ordered the release of two adult Hindu sisters who converted to Islam, ruling their father's confinement of them illegal. The court directed the Uttar Pradesh government and the father, Anil Kumar Bhatia, to jointly pay Rs 25 lakh compensation for violating the women's fundamental rights. Justice Sandeep Jain declared Diya Bhatia alias Zoya and Anshu Bhatia alias Amina free to choose their faith, residence and profession.
The court found their detention by the father, allegedly with police help, to be wholly illegal. It held that even if questions remain under the 2021 anti-conversion law, that cannot justify confining adult women. The State had opposed the plea, citing a conspiracy investigation, but the court separated the legality of detention from the conversion issue. The father must return all documents and passports within seven days.
The Indian Opinion
Aggrieved parents demanding a 'love jihad' probe or police compliance to confine adult daughters must face a simple check: the Constitution protects individual liberty over parental authority. The court rightly separated the conversion law's validity from the right to freedom. The test now is whether Uttar Pradesh recovers the fine from the father or the erring official, and whether it revises its policing of interfaith marriages to respect adult choice.
Source: thehindu.com
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