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Allahabad HC Declares Marriage Invalid Over Fake Religious Conversion Certificate, Lawyer Fined

The court has imposed a Rs 25,000 fine on the lawyer for submitting fraudulent documents. The woman has been placed in protection home.

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday declared the marriage of a couple invalid after it was found that the woman's religious conversion certificate, on the basis of which the marriage was solemnised, was fake. The court directed the couple to register their marriage under the Special Marriage Act in Prayagraj without changing their religion.

The case involved Mohammad Bin Qasim, alias Akbar and Zainab Parveen, alias Chandrakanta. The couple had claimed that the woman had voluntarily converted to Islam on February 22,

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