The court said the Idara-E-Shariya Islami Court does not have any legal authority to determine whether the petitioner was divorced or to decide her marital status and related rights and obligations.
"Hear me carefully, as long as I am alive, I will not let child marriage take place in Assam. I will not let this happen as long as Himanta Biswa Sarma is alive...I would like to challenge you politically, I will shut down this shop before 2026," Sarma said.
The victim claimed that she was threatened by her husband with a second marriage, subjected to physical and emotional abuse, and was even driven out of her house in July of last year when the dowry demand was not met.