Supreme Court sets Hadiya free, sends her to college in Salem
The bench also directed the college and the university to re-admit Hadiya and grant her hostel facilities.
New Delhi: After a high voltage drama in the Supreme Court, the ‘Kerala love jihad’ victim Akhila alias Hadiya walked free after 11 months’ confinement in her parental home ever since she married Shafin Jahan and the Kerala High Court annulled the marriage.
The Supreme Court on Monday sent her to Salem in Tamil Nadu to enable her to pursue her homoeopathic studies in Sivaraj homoeopathy medical college and complete her internship/house surgeon training. She told the court that she wanted to be independent and complete the course, which she could not do as she was confined to the house.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Knawilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud directed the Kerala police to provide Hadiya with security and ensure that she travelled straight to Salem at the earliest. The bench also directed the college and the university to re-admit Hadiya and grant her hostel facilities.
The issue of her marriage will be decided later, the bench said. The Bench passed the order after the 24-year-old told the court, “I want to meet my husband. I want to complete my studies and want to live my life according to my faith and as a good citizen. I want my freedom. I have been in unlawful custody for last 11 months”.
