CHANDIGARH – The Nooran sisters, who just finished touring Canada, including shows in the lower mainland and fraser valley, have been singing the same tune for long.
But discord between the celebrity-duo surfaced this week as the younger Nooran, Jyoti, appeared before the Punjab and Haryana High Court against her mother and sister Sultana.
Facing the music for “marrying” against her family’s wishes about three days back, the singer and her “husband” are seeking protection of life and liberty from her parents and sisters. Directions have been sought to the parents and sister against interfering in their “married life”.
The two have been sent by Justice TPS Mann to a protection home and have been given time to prove Jyoti’s age. The direction on age came after the Sufi crooner’s family claimed that the girl was a minor.
Describing her parents as “very clever and greedy persons”, Jyoti, through her counsel Mohammad Salim, claimed that she and her husband Kunal Passi were major and they had tied the knot on August 2. But the relevant documents were with her parents. In an attempt to project her as minor, they had forged her matriculation certificate and changed her age.
Giving reasons for the discord, Salim claimed that Jyoti’s parents wanted to get her married to someone “unsuitable”. The couple, he claimed, had known each other for two years and was in love. “Jyoti tried to convince her parents, but they did not agree to the match.”
He said after the parents threatened the couple, they approached the Jalandhar Police Commissioner.
As the matter came up for hearing before Justice Mann, Kunal claimed that the certificate had been forged, but a bone test could be conducted for verifying the age.
A property dealer, Kunal told the Bench that he was willing to undergo punishment if caught lying on the age issue. Justice Mann fixed August 21 as the next date of hearing.
