Senior advocate Dushyant Dave on Monday alleged in the Supreme Court that the Central government was trying to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in Kerala.
Addressing the Hadiya case that involved the allegedly forcible marriage of a Hindu girl to a Muslim boy, Dave alleged that the National Investigation Agency had played into the hands of the Centre. "Your Amit Shah had gone to Kerala," Dave claimed in court in front of Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh, who took strong objection to Dave's words, as reported in Bar and Bench, who said, :You are trying to browbeat the other side by making obnoxious statements."
This resulted in a war of words, prompting the court to adjourn the hearing to October 30. Earlier, the Kerala government on Saturday told the Supreme Court that there is no need for an NIA probe in the alleged love jihad case.
The Pinarayi Vijayan government told the top court that the claims made by the National Investigation Agency that there was a 'pattern' in the way religious conversions were taking place in Kerala were false. The state government also said that the probe done by the Kerala Police has not revealed any startling fact that merits an NIA investigation. It must be noted that earlier, the Kerala government had said that if the apex court wants an NIA probe, it has no objections.
The affidavit by the Kerala government comes days after the Supreme Court observed that 'a father can't dictate life of a 24-year-old daughter' while hearing the 'Love Jihad' case. In fact, the top court had also question the Kerala High Court how it could annul the marriage of Hadiya and Shafeen Jahan under Article 26. Her father moved the Kerala High Court and claimed his daughter was indoctrinated and forcibly converted. He, in fact, said that his daughter would be be sent to Afghanistan or Syria.
The High Court annulled the marriage. But Jahan approached the Supreme Court against the annulment. Earlier in August, the NIA began investigation into the case following the top court's orders. In compliance with the orders of the apex court, the case was re-registered by the NIA and an investigation was taken up.
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