Embracing Islam only for marriage purpose is void: Allahabad HC.

Conversion to Islam solely for marriage not valid: Allahabad HC

PTI | Allahabad |Dec 19, 2014:: In a significant judgement, the Allahabad high court has ruled that the religious conversion of girls “without their faith and belief in Islam” and “solely for the purpose of marriage” to Muslim boys could not be held valid.

Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani passed the order while dismissing a batch of petitions filed by five couples, hailing from different districts of Uttar Pradesh, who had sought “protection as married couple”.

In each case, the boys were Muslim while the girls were Hindus who got converted to Islam for solemnising “nikah”.

In his order earlier this week, justice Kesarwani quoted a Supreme Court order of 2000 wherein it was laid down that “conversion of religion of a non-Muslim without any real change of belief in Islam and only for the purpose of marriage is void”.

Read this mews in Hindi: महज शादी के लिए गैर मुस्लिमों का इस्लाम अपनाना सही नहीं : कोर्ट

Read this news in Gujrati: ઇસ્લામમાં આસ્થા વગર ધર્મ પરિવર્તન કરાવવું ગેરકાયદેઃ હાઇકોર્ટ

Courtesy : TOI | NBT | Divya Bhaskar.