Hadiya's father moves Kerala HC claiming she is untracable
Kochi: The family of Hadiya, whose conversion to Islam and subsequent marriage to a man named Shafin Jahan resulted in a controversy, has moved the Kerala High Court saying that they were unable to trace her for the past one month.
Her father, Asokan K M, has moved the High Court saying he apprehends that his daughter has been taken into illegal custody by certain people including her husband, who are allegedly part of the banned Popular Front of India.
The plea may come up for hearing on Tuesday, a lawyer in connection with the matter said.
Asokan told the high court that for the past one month, Hadiya was untraceable to him and his wife.
He claimed that whenever they called their daughter, either she was not receiving any calls or on many occasions, the mobile phone was switched off. Asokan also claimed that they went to her recently opened homoeo clinic at Malappuram but it was found closed and the neighbours didn't have any idea about the same.
''Any kind of harm can be caused to the detenu by the persons behind the 4th and the 6th respondents who are the active members of the PFI, the banned organisation. Now the detenu is under the control of this gang and unless she is produced before the Hon'ble court and sent along with the petitioner, her life would be in danger,'' the petition said.
The fourth respondent in the petition is A S Sainaba, the former office-bearer of National Women's Front, the women's wing of banned PFI and the sixth respondent is Hadiya's husband, Jahan.
Asokan also claimed before the court that Hadiya has told the family that she got separated from her husband.
Meanwhile, a few days ago, Hadiya spoke to a regional television channel in which she claimed that she got separated from her husband Jahan.
She also said that she got married again to another person and it was her personal matter.
''The Sangh Parivar is using my father as a tool. He is playing according to their tunes,'' she was seen saying in the interview to the TV channel.
She claimed that she was in regular touch with her parents and despite that her parents were causing trouble.
Hadiya, had converted to Islam during her medical studies in Coimbatore and married Jahan in 2016 when she was 25 years old.
Soon, Asokan had filed a writ petition in the High Court saying the conversion was forced and Jahan had links to extremist organisations like PFI. He had also argued that she would be trafficked to Syria to join the Islamic State. The High Court had then annulled the marriage, calling it a 'sham'. However, Jahan later approached the Supreme Court and in 2018, the apex court had set aside the High Court order.
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Uttarakhand Assembly passes censure motion against opposition over women's reservation bill
Dehradun (PTI): The Uttarakhand Assembly passed a censure motion against the Congress and other opposition parties on Tuesday for allegedly blocking the passage of the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, in Parliament.
The motion, which expressed the House's formal disapproval of the opposition's conduct, triggered a massive uproar by Congress members, leading to the adjournment of the House sine die.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Subodh Uniyal moved the censure motion, citing the "uncooperative attitude" of opposition parties toward the bill seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in legislative bodies.
Addressing a special daylong session convened specifically to discuss "Nari Samman -- Rights in Democracy", Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the bill's passage would have benefitted every political party.
Dhami noted that after delimitation, the number of Assembly seats in the hill state would have gone up to 105, with 35 reserved for women. He added that the number of Lok Sabha seats from Uttarakhand would have risen from five to seven or eight.
"The opposition fears that if women from ordinary households enter politics, the shops of dynastic politics run by certain parties will shut down," the chief minister claimed.
He compared the opposition's conduct in Parliament to the assembly in Mahabharat where Draupadi was insulted. Dhami further likened the opposition's behaviour to the "arrogance of Ravan".
The chief minister highlighted his government's initiatives, asserting that Uttarakhand was the first state to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to protect women's rights. He said the UCC freed Muslim women from practices like "halala", "iddat", polygamy and child marriage.
Leader of Opposition Yashpal Arya questioned the technical feasibility of the bill, calling the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) claims of providing reservation by 2029 "misleading".
He argued that the bill is linked to census and delimitation processes. The Congress leader said the 2026 census would conclude by 2027 and the final data publication would take two more years.
"The delimitation process will take another six years. The actual implementation of this bill is not possible before 2034," Arya said, describing the move as a strategy to protect the BJP's "political ground".
The session also saw high drama outside the Assembly gates, where Congress MLA Virendra Jati staged a protest, demanding the payment of "outstanding" dues to farmers by sugar mills.
Jati arrived at the Assembly's main gate with a tractor-trolley loaded with sugarcane and dumped it on the road. The move brought the traffic to a halt, prompting traffic and security personnel to intervene and clear the area.
Women Congress workers also staged a demonstration against the "anti-people policies" of the state government.
