Surat: A family court in the city has directed a woman to file an affidavit in connection with a dispute over the proposed religious initiation (diksha) of her seven-year-old daughter. The direction follows an application filed by the child’s father, a stock market professional, seeking to stop the initiation. The couple remains at odds, with the mother insisting on the ceremony and the father opposing it, prompting court intervention. The matter came up for hearing amid arguments centred on ...Read More