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Lack of conversion ritual of Muslim woman no bar for divorce under Hindu Marriage Act: HC
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
|November 19, 2025
HOLDING that mere absence of any ceremony for conversion from Muslim to Hindu religion cannot be a ground to dismiss the divorce petition filed under the Hindu Marriage Act, the Madras High Court has overturned an order of a subcourt that dismissed a mutual divorce petition by a couple where the wife had converted from Muslim to Hindu religion and professed the faith since marriage.
Justice P B Balaji passed the orders to set aside the order of the sub-court in Ambattur that dismissed on March 28, 2024, the mutual divorce petition filed by K Krishnapriyan and Aayisha Siddiqua. They had filed the petition under Section 13 (B) of the HM Act, 1955. However, the sub-judge refused to hear the petition stating that Aayisha Siddiqua, being a Muslim, cannot seek dissolution of the marriage under the HM Act. Challenging this order, the couple approached the HC.
This story is from the November 19, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Nagapattinam.
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