The ‘Vulnerable’ Hindu Woman, Love-jihad, and the Indian Courts: The Hadiya Case - Commentary on Asokan K.M. v. State of Kerala (2017) 2 KLJ 974 - Nomos eLibrary

VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee / The ‘Vulnerable’ Hindu Woman, Love-jihad, and the Indian Courts: The Hadiya Case - Commentary on Asokan K.M. v. State of Kerala (2017) 2 KLJ 974

VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee / The ‘Vulnerable’ Hindu Woman, Love-jihad, and the Indian Courts: The Hadiya Case - Commentary on Asokan K.M. v. State of Kerala (2017) 2 KLJ 974

Contents
- Chapter Expand | CollapseAuthorsPage
- 1–2 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–2
- 3–4 Editorial 3–4
  - Going Fully Open Access Fabia F. Carvalho, Philipp Dann, Michael Riegner Fabia F. Carvalho, Philipp Dann, Michael Riegner
- 5–114 Symposium: Indian Feminist Judgments Project 5–114
  - 5–16 Righting Together: An Introduction to the Indian Feminist Judgments Project Aparna Chandra, Jhuma Sen, Rachna Chaudhary Aparna Chandra, Jhuma Sen, Rachna Chaudhary 5–16
  - 17–32 Rewriting State of West Bengal v. Anwar Ali Sarkar: The Possibility of an Anti-Colonial Jurisprudence Tarunabh Khaitan Tarunabh Khaitan 17–32
  - 33–47 The Possibilities of Anti-Colonial Constitutionalism – Commentary on State of West Bengal v. Anwar Ali Sarkar and others AIR 1952 SC 75 Rohit De Rohit De 33–47
  - 48–58 Rewriting Asokan K.M. v. The Superintendent of Police: Hadiya’s Fight for Agency in a Parental State Sandhya PR, Urmila Pullat Sandhya PR, Urmila Pullat 48–58
  - 59–69 The ‘Vulnerable’ Hindu Woman, Love-jihad, and the Indian Courts: The Hadiya Case - Commentary on Asokan K.M. v. State of Kerala (2017) 2 KLJ 974 Kanika Sharma Kanika Sharma 59–69
  - 70–75 Rewriting CIT v. Indira Balakrishna: A Feminist Approach to Defining a Tax Unit Maithreyi Mulupuru Maithreyi Mulupuru 70–75
  - 76–88 Thinking about Agency in the Formation of Tax Units: Commentary on Commissioner of Income Tax v. Indira Balakrishna, AIR 1960 SC 1172 Shreya Rao Shreya Rao 76–88
  - 89–103 Rewriting Uday v. State of Karnataka: An Anti-Caste Reckoning of Consent in ‘Promise to Marry’ Cases Nikita Sonavane Nikita Sonavane 89–103
  - 104–114 Pyaar, Promise, Dhoka: Feminist Questions to Law – Commentary on Uday v. State of Karnataka (2003) 4 SCC 46 Rukmini Sen Rukmini Sen 104–114
- 115–240 Symposium: Gendered Constitutionalism in the Global South 115–240
  - 115–126 Gendered Constitutionalism in the Global South Martha Gayoye Martha Gayoye 115–126
  - 127–152 Asking the Woman Question of Constitutions: Insights from Sri Lanka Anna Dziedzic, Dinesha Samararatne Anna Dziedzic, Dinesha Samararatne 127–152
  - 153–174 Feminist Constitutional Activism in India Tanja Herklotz Tanja Herklotz 153–174
  - 175–190 How Southern is Tunisia? Gender Equality in Tunisian Constitutionalism Alma Laiadhi Alma Laiadhi 175–190
  - 191–212 Possibilities of New Approaches to Gender, Security and Constitutionalism: A Living Gender Probe into Kenyan National Security Architecture in the Constitution Emmah Khisa Senge Wabuke Emmah Khisa Senge Wabuke 191–212
  - 213–240 Gendered Constitutionalism in Postcolonial Africa: Towards a Decolonial Gendered Citizenship Martha Gayoye Martha Gayoye 213–240
- 241–256 Bericht / Report 241–256
  - Assistance to Constitutional Courts in Fragile Contexts: The Case of Mali, 2017–2022 Johannes Socher Johannes Socher
- 257–266 Buchbesprechungen / Book Reviews 257–266
  - 257–262 Dimitri van den Meerssche, The World Bank’s Lawyers: The Life of International Law as Institutional Practice Michael Riegner Michael Riegner 257–262
  - 263–266 Pratyush Kumar, Colours for Constitutions Emeric Prévost Emeric Prévost 263–266
- 267–267 Call for Papers 267–267
- 268–269 Impressum 268–269
Durchsuchen Sie das Werk
Geben Sie ein Keyword in die Suchleiste ein
CC-BY Access

VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , page 59 - 69

The ‘Vulnerable’ Hindu Woman, Love-jihad, and the Indian Courts: The Hadiya Case - Commentary on Asokan K.M. v. State of Kerala (2017) 2 KLJ 974

Autoren

Kanika Sharma

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2023-1-59
- ISSN: 0506-7286
- ISSN online: 2941-9603
Abstract

In Asokan K.M. v. State of Kerala (2017) at the behest of a disgruntled Hindu father whose daughter had converted to Islam and married a man of her choice, the Kerala High Court (HC) cast the daughter, Hadiya, as a ‘vulnerable’ woman before annulling her marriage. In this article, I place the infamous Hadiya case within a broader history of love-jihad – an ascendant Hindu nationalist conspiracy in India that asserts that Muslim men wish to convert Hindu women to Islam by feigning love and seducing them, thus posing a threat to all Hindu women, and by extension to the community and the nation itself. I then analyse the public perception and the media discourse around the trial, before turning to the Indian Supreme Court’s (SC) judgment in the case. I argue that by denouncing patriarchy and ostensibly finding in favour of Hadiya, the SC judges portrayed themselves as feminist allies, yet by allowing the National Investigation Agency to continue their ‘terror’ investigation against her husband, they not only insidiously undermined Hadiya’s decisions, but also revealed the shallowness of their feminist stance. In the last section, I appraise the rewritten feminist judgment offered by Urmila Pullat and Sandhya PR who situate themselves as the dissenting judges on the Kerala HC bench.
Share