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Minor
Muslim girl appeals in SC to save marriage
Sunday, July 18, 2010 10:44:02 PM ,
ummid.com News Desk |
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Malegaon:
A young Muslim couple’s appeal to the Supreme Court to protect their
marriage has pitted Muslim personal law against criminal law. The
girl is 15 years old and the man 21. They say their marriage is
legal under Muslim law as it allows girls to marry once they are 15
years old.
However, according to a report in
Hindustan Times, the girl's father taking a cue from
the Indian Penal Code that terms it as a kind of kidnapping, has
filed an FIR in Nainital’s Kashipur town, saying the ‘husband’
enticed his daughter from her lawful guardians.
The couple moved the Uttarakhand High Court to get the FIR quashed,
but were refused. They then moved Supreme Court and on Friday, a
bench admitted their petition.
Senior advocate Vikas Singh contended on their behalf that personal
law would have precedence over general law. “Under Muslim law, a
girl can get married when she attains puberty. In the absence of
evidence to the contrary, the person is presumed to have attained
puberty at 15 years,” HT quoted Singh.
The apex court also protected the man from arrest, saying: “The
police shall not arrest him until further orders.”
The couple got married at Nainital’s district court on December 7,
2009. On December 13, the case against the man was lodged at the
behest of the girl’s father who was against the inter-caste union.
According to the couple’s petition to the Supreme Court, the Indian
Majority Act, 1875 is not applicable to Muslims in matters of
marriage and divorce.
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