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SC to hear Hadiya today The 24-year-old Hindu woman had converted to Islam and married a Muslim. However, the Kerala High Court had earlier this year annulled her marriage with Shafin Jahan,

Hadiya case

• Supreme Court frees Hadiya (Akhila), a Kerala woman at the center of a religious conversion row, from her parents' custody

• SC directs the Sivaraj Homoeopathic Medical Colleges and Research Institute, Salem, to allow her to complete her house surgeon internship.

• Hadiya's college dean will be her guardian, orders Supreme Court

• Supreme Court orders Tamil Nadu to provide security to Hadiya for next 11 months untill she finishes her medical internship.

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• Next date of hearing fixed for third week of January

What Hadiya said in court

• Hadiya tells SC she wants freedom, wants to live as per her belief

• Hadiya takes the help of a translator in open court

• TV reports say she was giving clear, straight-forward answers in Malayalam to the court's questions

• Hadiya tells court she wants to study, and that her husband can take care of her expenses

What Hadiya's father said in court

• Hadiya' father Ashokan sought for an in-camera hearing of the proceedings

• However, the court rejected his peition. SC says there was no need for in-camera proceedings

• Her father alleges that Hadiya's husband Shafin Jahan has terror links

• Ashokan raises serious allegations against Sathya Sarani religious center in Malappuram. Says it has orchestrated the conversion of many people

• The NIA has also backed Ashokan's plea for an in-camera hearing of the proceedings in SC

• The NIA asked the three-judge Supreme Court bench to look at its 100-page report before reaching any conclusion

What Hadiya's husband said in court

• Hadiya's husband Shafin Jahan too in SC

• Kapil Sibal, appearing for Hadiya's husband Shafin Jahan, tells SC that he was really saddened, instead of asking Hadiya on what she wants, we are talking about the venom filled in news channels

• Sibal further said that when Hadiya was here, the court should listen to her, not the NIA, and that she is entitled to make decisions of her life

The Hadiya case

• The 24-year-old (Akhila) woman had converted to Islam and married Jahan

• The Kerala High Court had earlier this year annulled her marriage with Shafin Jahan and put her in parents' custody

• Jahan then moved the Supreme Court, which had ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to look into it allegations of forced conversion

• At the Kochi airport on Saturday, Hadiya shouted out that she wanted to go with her husband, Shafin Jahan

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