A 36-year-old Sikh man has filed a civil swimsuit within the Chandigarh district courts in search of instructions to restrain his Muslim spouse and her relations from forcibly changing him and his minor son to Islam.
The court docket of Rasveen Kaur, Civil Judge (Junior Division), has issued a discover to the defendants for July 20.
The plaintiff, who’s a resident of Chandigarh, has submitted that he’s Sikh by faith and by start whereas his spouse and in-laws are Muslim by start.
The plaintiff’s counsel, advocate Dikshit Arora, has submitted within the petition that he met his would-be spouse in 2008 whereas working in an workplace in Chandigarh, the place he was a retailer incharge and he or she was a salesgirl. The two grew to become buddies and he or she proposed to him. He stated no as a result of they got here from totally different religions. However, she continued and promised him that faith won’t ever grow to be a difficulty. On this, they bought married as per Sikh rituals in a gurdwara at Amritsar in November 2008.
However, the plaintiff alleges within the petition, from day one of many marriage, his spouse and in- legal guidelines began forcing him to profess Muslim faith and to boycott Sikh faith. Due to this, he initially opted to steer clear of his in-laws and went to Delhi the place he stayed from 2008-2011. Later, he took up a job at Amritsar the place he lived from 2011 to 2015.
In August 2012, his spouse gave start to a child boy. He alleged from day one of many start of his son, his spouse and in-laws tried their greatest to transform the minor baby to Islam however the plaintiff safeguarded him.
The plaintiff alleged the opposite relations of his spouse, together with his brother-in-laws, additionally had been interfering in his married life.