The civil courts abandoned its judicial role to uphold the Federal Constitution when it decided earlier this week in the case of M. Indira Gandhi that only the Shariah Court could determine if her children’s conversion to Islam had been valid. The decision made by the Court of Appeal on Wednesday pointed out that the Shariah Court has no jurisdiction over non-Muslims and as such, the Hindu mother would not be able to seek legal redress there.
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