M. Indira Gandhi and 13 other plaintiffs file legal challenge against unilateral conversion

KUALA LUMPUR: Hindu mother M. Indira Gandhi and two women who claimed to be victims of unilateral conversion to Islam are amongst 14 plaintiffs who have filed a legal challenge against eight state governments over state laws that allowed unilateral conversion without the consent of both parents.

Indira, Aisyah Muhammad Ali, Mimi Mastura Abdullah, and 11 others filed the originating summons at the High Court here on March 3.

They named the state governments of Perlis, Kedah, Melaka, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Johor and the Federal Territories government as defendants. The plaintiffs also sought for a declaration that unilateral conversion was unconstitutional and breached Article 12 as well as other reliefs deemed fit by the court.

The five-man panel of the apex court unanimously ruled that the consent of both parents must be sought and the Article 12 that stated the word"parent" should not be construed literally and that the consent of both parents were required.

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