Appeal against High Court decision to nullify certificate of conversions will be heard on August 19, 2014
Press Statement by M. Kula
Segaran, MP for Ipoh Barat and DAP National Vice Chairman in Ipoh on 8th May
2014
Appeal against High Court decision to nullify
certificate of conversions will be heard on August 19, 2014
On 2nd April 2009, Pathmanathan converted his three
children from Hinduism into Islam at the religious department in Ipoh. At the
material time in 2009, the three children were respectively only 13, 11 and a
year old.
As a result of the conversion, a certificate to that
effect was issued by Jabatan Islam Negeri Perak. The mother, Indira Gandhi, of
the three children was not aware of the conversions and no consent was ever
obtained from her for the three infants to be converted.
Indira
Gandhi then filed proceedings in the High Court of Ipoh to challenge the
issuance of the conversion certificate on the grounds:-
1) the children were absent when the conversion took
place
2) the children being infant were incapable of
saying it in Arabic as required by the state Islamic Enactment of Perak.
3) those converting must be over 18 years old.
As all three conditions were not carried out by the
religious department and after nearly over 20 days of hearing, the Ipoh
High Court declared on 25th July 2013 the conversion to Islam certificate
issued as invalid.
There after the Federal, State Government and the
converted husband appealed against the decision to the Court of Appeal.
The matter was fixed for full hearing today
but at 11am the Presiding Court of Appeal Judge Hishamudin Mohd Yunus
decided to adjourn the matter as there were many other cases fixed for hearing
today.
The Judge, while adjourning the case, mentioned that
as this case is of public importance, a special day will be fixed for the court
to hear arguments. Priority was given for this case to be heard and matter
has been adjourned to 19th August 2014.
Appellant:
Tuan Noor Hishamuddin, SFC Puan Noor Azua, Hatim Musa, Asmuni bin Awi.
Respondent:
K.Shanmuga, Aston Paiva, M.Kula Segaran, Fahri Azzat, Selvam Nadarajah.
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