The Supreme Court on Monday accorded primacy to the wish of a 23-year-old Jain woman that she wanted to live with her parents instead of her husband who had allegedly relinquished Islam and converted to Hinduism to tie the nuptial knot with her.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, who had directed the Chhattisgarh police to bring the woman before it today for an interaction, posed some queries in chaste Hindi to ascertain her wishes.
The bench, which also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, asked her several questions like "What is your name", "Did your marriage actually take place" and "Why don't you want to live with your husband".
The woman replied to the queries and said she was a major, she has not been coerced by anyone and though she married Mohd Ibrahim Siddhiqui alias Aryan Arya, she wanted to live with her parents voluntarily.