
Surat court stays Jain girl’s ‘diksha’ after father moves plea - The Hindu
A family court in Gujarat's Surat city on Monday (December 22, 2025) stayed 'diksha' (religious initiation) of a seven-year-old Jain girl after her fa...
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A family court in Gujarat's Surat city on Monday (December 22, 2025) stayed 'diksha' (religious initiation) of a seven-year-old Jain girl after her fa...

The Surat-based man who has gone to court to stop his seven-year-old daughter taking diksha is taking heart from a similar petition by a fellow Jain father in May this year. In that case, also of Surat, the...