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Allahabad High Court orders ₹25 lakh for sisters confined after conversion
Allahabad High Court orders ₹25 lakh for sisters confined after conversion
The Allahabad High Court has ordered ₹25 lakh compensation to two adult sisters who were illegally confined by their father after they voluntarily converted from Hinduism to Islam. Justice Sandeep Jain held…
The Story in Brief
The Allahabad High Court has ordered ₹25 lakh compensation to two adult sisters who were illegally confined by their father after they voluntarily converted from Hinduism to Islam. Justice Sandeep Jain held the father and the Uttar Pradesh government jointly liable, noting that the State failed to secure their release. The court rejected arguments that the conversion threatened national sovereignty, saying mere apprehensions cannot substitute legal evidence. The women, Diya Bhatia @ Zoya (20) and Anshu Bhatia @ Amina (35), told the court they embraced Islam of their own free will.
The Indian Opinion
The court's order pushes back on two lazy narratives: that every conversion under a family dispute is forced, and that anti-conversion laws are always a tool for harassment. Here, the evidence showed voluntary choice, and the state produced no material for its sovereignty claim. Yet the court left the investigation open. The real test will be whether that probe produces actual evidence of coercion or remains a symbolic FIR.
Sources (2): livelaw.in, barandbench.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
