JUDGMENT

Hadhariah Syed Ismail JCA:

Introduction

[1] This is a case of a father who had consented to convert his three minor children (twin girls aged 11 and a boy aged 9) from the Hindu religion to the religion of Islam without the knowledge and consent of the children's mother, namely Loh Siew Hong, the appellant herein. The unilateral conversion is not disputed by the respondents.

[2] The appellant challenged the legality of the conversion. She contended that without her consent, her children's conversion to Islam is null and void. She also contended that without her consent as the sole guardian of the children, the 1st respondent cannot issue certificates of conversion to her children; that the certificates are null and void and her children remain as Hindus.

[3] The appellant then applied by way of judicial review application at the Kuala Lumpur High Court, seeking for the following reliefs:

(a) perintah deklarasi untuk mengisytiharkan bahawa Sulochana a/p Nagahswaran, Sulochini a/p Nagahswaran dan Thatchina Moorthi a/l Nagahswaran adalah penganut-penganut agama Hindu;

(b) perintah deklarasi untuk mengisytiharkan bahawa Nagahswaran a/l Muniandy tidak mempunyai keupayaan dari segi und