A view of the Calcutta High Court in Kolkata. File
“If an adult marries as per her choice and decides to convert and not return to her paternal house, there can be no interference in the matter,” a Division Bench observed. Hearing a petition by a father claiming his daughter was unduly influenced to marry a man of a different religion, the Calcutta High Court observed that there can be no interference by the court if an adult marries as per her choice and decides to convert.
After a 19-year old woman married a person of her choice, her father petitioned the High Court, claiming his daughter’s statement made before a Magistrate may not have been recorded in an atmosphere where she felt comfortable.