Indian court dismisses Christian father's 'abduction' claim after daughter marries Muslim
India’s Kerala High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a Christian father over his daughter’s marriage to a Muslim. Joisna Mary Joseph, 26, a nurse who works in Saudi Arabia, married Shejin M, a Communist Party of India worker from Alappuzha, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, without her parents' approval, on April 12. The marriage created a storm in the coastal state after the bride's relatives accused Mr Shejin of abducting Ms Joseph. But she denied this, saying: “I married the person I loved, so I wanted to go with him.” Her father had approached police with a complaint of abduction. After failing to get help from officers, he filed a habeas corpus petition in the court, alleging his daughter had been taken away against her will and illegally detained. Habeas corpus is a recourse in law that orders a person who has detained another person to produce them before the court. The high court summoned Ms Joseph on Tuesday and dismissed the petition after she said she h...