Kerala love jihad: Supreme Court bars NIA from investigating marital status of Hadiya and Shafin Jahan

In the ruling passed by the Supreme Court in the infamous love-jihad matter, the apex court said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) can continue with their investigations in the alleged love jihad case of Kerala. However, in the ruling passed, the court further added that the NIA cannot investigate in the marriage status of the man and the woman. The ruling was passed by a bench of judges headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Tuesday. The ruling by the bench came in after the NIA told the court that it had made progress in the investigation. The NIA had conducted the investigations in Hadiya case following a nod by the Supreme Court.