The Ipoh High Court today has made a landmark ruling that it has the jurisdiction to hear family matters involving custody of children although one party has converted to Islam.
Justice Wan Afrah Wan Ibrahim allowed the application of a 35-year-old Hindu mother custody to her three children who were converted to Islam by her estranged 41 year-old husband, who had also converted to Islam.
After a one-year legal battle, kindergarten teacher M Indira Gandhi has won custody of daughter Tevidarsiny, 13, son Karan Dinish, 12, and daughter Prasana Diksa, 2.
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Video by GV Shan, Citizen Journalist
