The Kerala High Court today held that all inter-religious weddings cannot be viewed as 'love jihad' as it upheld a marriage between member of the two different community. <br/><br/>A division bench comprising justices V Chitambaresh and Sathish Ninan made the observations in its judgement on a habeas corpus petition filed by the man. <br/><br/>The bench said that it is appalled to notice the recent trend in Kerala to sensationalise every case of inter-religious marriage as either 'love jihad' or 'ghar wapsi' even if there was platonic love between the spouses before. <br/>'<br/>The court cautioned that every case of inter-religious marriage shall not be portrayed on a religious canvass and create fissures in the communal harmony otherwise existing in Kerala.<br/><br/>The bench also cited the Supreme Court order in the Lata Singh versus state of Uttar Pradesh case of 2004 to emphasise the need for encouraging inter-caste and inter-religious marriages. <br/><br/>The division bench applauded the "extra-ordinary courage" shown by the girl to live up to her conviction and "decry the attempt of her parents to deflect the course of justice by misleading litigations".