'Can A Person Convert To Another Religion Without Any Rule Or Procedure?' Rajasthan HC To Examine Converted Woman's Interfaith Marriage [Read Orders]
The Rajasthan High Court, on Wednesday, questioned the conversion of a 22-year old woman to Islam as well as her interfaith marriage, before sending her to government-run Nari Niketan women's home in Jodhpur.The woman, Payal Singhvi alias Arifa, had converted to Islam and had married one Mr. Faiz Modi in April this year. The Rajasthan High Court, on Wednesday, questioned the conversion of a 22-year old woman to Islam as well as her interfaith marriage, before sending her to government-run Nari Niketan women's home in Jodhpur. The woman, Payal Singhvi alias Arifa, had converted to Islam and had married one Mr. Faiz Modi in April this year. Garg and Justice G.K. Vyas then framed the following question for consideration: "After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing all the documents produced before us to prove the fact of ‘Nikah’, we are of the opinion that very important question “whether without any procedure or rule conversion of religion can be changed or not so also in this case whether the fact of ‘Nikah’ of Payal Singhvi is established on the basis of self contradictory documents on record or not” is in question."
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