Prayagraj, Sept 24: In a landmark judgment, the Allahabad High Court has ruled that marriages based on illegal religious conversion are automatically invalid, and the parties involved cannot be recognized as a married couple under the law.

The verdict was delivered by Justice Saurabh Srivastava on a writ petition filed by Mohammad Bin Qasim alias Akbar, seeking protection from interference in his marital life. The court, however, clarified that the petitioners are entitled to marry under the Special Marriage Act, which allows interfaith marriages without conversion rituals.

The case arose when Qasim, a Muslim, married Jainab Parveen alias Chandrakanta, a Hindu woman who allegedly converted to Islam on February 22, 2025, and obtained a certificate from Khanqahe Alia Arifia. The couple sol

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