<div class="msg">''<div dir="ltr">''<div>The Supreme Court today restored the marriage of Kerala-based Hadiya, a victim of alleged love jihad, setting aside a nine-month-old order of the Kerala High Court. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The top court, however, clarified that the National Investigating Agency (NIA) may go ahead with the investigation in respect to any criminality.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>In Kochi, Hadiya's father K M Asokan said, he would consider moving a review petition in the Supreme Court against its judgement. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>He maintained that his daughter's marriage with Shafin Jahan was an act of adjustment done by a group.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra said that the high court should not have annulled the marriage between Hadiya alias Akhila Asokan and Shafin by its order dated May 24, 2017 in a habeas corpus petition.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The bench also comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said, it had directed the personal appearance of Hadiya on November 27, last year and she had admitted her marriage with Shafin.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Earlier in the day, the apex court clarified that a court cannot interfere in the marriage of two consenting adults and cannot annul the marriage in a habeas corpus petition.</div></div></div>
News On AIR | March 8, 2018 9:39 PM
SC restores Hadiya's marriage, sets aside Kerala HC order