HC refuses decree of divorce to a Muslim woman who married a Hindu but failed to prove the conversion- slammed the woman for taking advantage of the situation

No divorce as Woman fails to prove conversion

A Muslim woman who claimed to have converted to Hinduism failed to secure divorce and a maintenance order from the Delhi High Court under the Hindu Marriage Act after she  failed to prove that she had changed her religion. The court said the right will be available when both the parties

were Hindus and they continued to embrace the religion at the time of presentation of the petition in the court.  Dismissing Rehana alias Sushma Sharma’s petition (name changed),

Justice Kailash Gambhir expressed  concern at the reason for which people change religious in the present day when once it was only to attain spiritual advancement.

“These days, religious conversions are being increasingly made for anything but the primary reason for conversion —spiritual advancement”.

“The basic focus to convert from one religion to another is to seek God from another platform but unfortunately today it is increasingly being done to reap benefits and in cases like the present one,” the court said.

The woman and the man Sourav (name changed) were working as a clerk and an officer, respectively. She claimed they married in December 3, 1988 at an Arya Samaj Mandir, according to Hindu rites. She said she was seeking divorce owing to certain acts of cruelty and also alleged that he had married another woman.

Sourav on his part denied she had converted and also denied they were married.

 

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HC refuses decree of divorce to a Muslim woman who married a Hindu but failed to prove conversion

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Hindu New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today declined to grant decree of divorce to a Muslim woman, married to a Hindu, after she failed to prove her conversion from Muslim to Hinduism under the Hindu Marriage Act.

Justice Kailash Gambhir upheld a lower court's order and dismissed GA Arife alias Arti Sharma's petition for granting a decree of divorce against husband Gopal Dutt Sharma in March this year. The court also dismissed an application for permanent alimony to her daughter.

"The appellant (Arife) throughout her arguments failed to give any convincing reply to satisfy the court that she was successful in proving her conversion from Islam religion to Hinduism with the help of any documentary or oral evidence," Justice Gambhir said. "The basic focus to convert from one religion to another is to seek God from another platform but unfortunately today proselytisation is increasingly done for reaping benefits," the court said and slammed the woman for taking advantage of the situation.

Referring to the ruling of the apex court, the HC said "apostasy produces far-reaching results in the relations of husband and wife, where it is also a ground of divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, and raises controversies like the present case demanding a mechanism in place to stop people from fishing in troubles waters."

Filing an appeal, Arife, alias Arti, said she got married to Sharma, her senior officer in the Directorate of Financial Planning in Air Ltd, against the wish of both the families in 1988 at the Arya Samaj temple. Seeking a decree of divorce, she alleged her husband had suggested her to go for abortion, to which she had objected and got to know about her husband's second marriage in 1989. She claimed her divorce petition was dismissed by a family court, after which she had filed her appeal in the High Court.

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