In matters of justice, whats in a little bit of fake legalese?
Anjali Mody LONDON, MAY 28: Sometimes, the law does have a heart. A British High Court judge, known for his unorthodox ways, wrote a flowery but fake court order to rescue a 17-year-old British Sikh girl, who had been taken to Punjab forcibly to marry one of the two men her parents had chosen. Justice Peter Singer employed his own ingenuity and the services of the British Foreign Office, Interpol and the Indian Police to bring Anita (not her real name) back to Britain and the life that she wants. Justice Singer, in a landmark judgment, also ruled that parents who take their children abroad to marry them off against their will were guilty of child abduction. The precedent this sets will be welcomed by people who have long campaigned to protect British Asian women from the fate that Anita so narrowly escaped. Anita’s story began in April last year. She fled home to live with her 19-year-old sister, who had herself escaped to avoid being forced into marriage. Since Anita was legally under
