Love Jihad case: Supreme Court upholds Hadiya's marriage

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday restored the marriage of Hadiya with Shafin Jahan, setting aside a Kerala High Court order annulling their wedding.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, in a brief operative order, however, said that an NIA investigation into the criminal dimension into the case, if any, would continue.

Post today's order, both can live together as husband and wife with no state agency interfering in this matter.

The SC, however, said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the alleged 'love jihad' phenomenon would be taken to its logical conclusion by the agency in accordance with the law.

The matter had become controversial after Hadiya's father had alleged that she has been forced to adopt Islam and was about to get transported to "extremist-controlled territories" of Syria to be used as a "sex slave or a human bomb".

Hadiya, however, claimed that she embraced Islam on her choice and wants to live her remaining life as a Muslim girl.