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New Delhi, Oct 7: The Kerala government on Saturday told the Supreme Court of India that there was no need for an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the Hadiya case as the state police, in its probe, had not found anything that could be counted as commission of the Scheduled Offences and thus warranting a probe by the Central agency.
According to a report in The Indian Express, in an affidavit field in the Hadiya case in the apex court on Saturday, the state government said: “Investigation conducted so far by the Kerala police has not revealed any incident relating to commission of any Scheduled Offences to make a report to the Central Government under Section 6 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2006.”
Hadiya, Akhila Ashokan before her conversion to Islam, had married a Muslim man after she converted to Islam. But her parents did not accept this marriage and charged that their daughter was forced to convert. Acting on the their petition, the state High Court annulled the marriage and sent the girl to her parents’ home. Her husband, Shafin Jahan challenged it in the Supreme Court this past July. A bench headed by then Chief Justice, Justice J.S. Khehar ordered a probe into the case by NIA.
However, in the last hearing (3rd Oct) a new bench of the apex court, now headed by current Chief Justice Dipak Misra questioned the move of the Kerala High Court to annul the marriage of two adults. Next hearing will be on coming Monday.
