New Delhi, May 19 -- Advocate Subhash Chandran, representing Monalisa Bhosle and her husband, Mohd Farman Khan, following their interfaith marriage case, on Tuesday, accused the Madhya Pradesh government of "arbitrarily" cancelling the birth certificate of Monalisa and said a petition challenging the action has now been filed before the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Indore.

Speaking to ANI, Chandran said, "Currently, Monalisa is at the centre of a viral controversy, with the Government of Madhya Pradesh taking action against her. An FIR has also been registered against her husband. Furthermore--and this is the crux of the matter--the Madhya Pradesh government has arbitrarily cancelled her birth certificate."

He said the same birth certif...