Hadiya well, willing to appear before SC on Nov 27: NCW acting chief

Hadiya is in good health and waiting to appear before the Supreme Court on November 27, the NCW's chairperson in-charge Rekha Sharma said today after meeting the Kerala woman at the centre of a nationwide controversy after her marriage with a Muslim man.

The meeting came amid complaints from various Kerala-based Muslim bodies that the woman's rights were being violated in the confines of her home.

The 24-year-old woman is under the protection of her parents following the orders of the Kerala High Court.

The court had annulled her marriage with Shafin Jahan after her parents argued that he was a radicalised person.

"I just met Akhila - Hadiya. NCW was concerned about her well-being. She is in good health, she has not been beaten up or anything, she is eating her food and she was smiling, she was happy," Sharma told reporters.

The woman's health and security was "OK", she said after meeting Hadiya at her family home in Vaikom here, a week after the apex court directed her father to produce her before it on November 27.

"Three policewomen are there. They are taking care of her and her security is under no threat," Sharma said, showing the media the woman's photo on her mobile phone.

She claimed that the woman did not face any "atrocities" at her parents' home.

"She said she is willing to go to court. She is waiting for November 27. I am OK. I will talk to the court. That is what she said," Sharma said.

The National Commission for Women (NCW) official refused to divulge details, as the matter was subjudice, and said that she would meet "several such women" who were "forced" to convert in Kerala, and a report would be prepared.