UP 'Anti-Conversion' Law Seeks To Sustain Spirit Of Secularism; Religious Freedom Doesn't Include Collective Right To Proselytize: Allahabad HC
7 months, 2 weeks ago

UP 'Anti-Conversion' Law Seeks To Sustain Spirit Of Secularism; Religious Freedom Doesn't Include Collective Right To Proselytize: Allahabad HC

Live Law  

Last week, the Allahabad High Court observed that the purpose of the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, is to guarantee religious freedom to all persons, reflecting India's social harmony and spirit. On the other hand, the AGA, opposing his bail, cited the informant's statement under Section 164 CrPC, which alleged coercion to convert to Islam and described a marriage performed without conversion. Against the backdrop of these facts, the Court noted that the informant, in her statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC, had categorically stated that the applicant and his family members were coercing her to accept Islam. Importantly, the Court also considered that the applicant could not bring on record any material to demonstrate that an application was moved under Section 8 of the Act of 2021 to convert the informant-girl into Islam before the marriage/Nikah took place, as alleged between him and the informant.

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Rajasthan’s Anti-Conversion Law 2025: Increasing Restrictions of Religious Freedom in BJP-Ruled States
5 days, 1 hour ago

Rajasthan’s Anti-Conversion Law 2025: Increasing Restrictions of Religious Freedom in BJP-Ruled States

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 23, 2025 16:32 IST - 8 MINS READ On March 8, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav shocked everyone by proposing the death penalty for religious conversion, equating it with the rape of minors. Regulating interfaith marriages on the grounds that girls from the majority community are “lured”, tricked, and converted by people from the minority communities …

'Police Being Biased' : Supreme Court Rebukes UP Police For Wrong Application Of Conversion Law
1 week, 1 day ago

'Police Being Biased' : Supreme Court Rebukes UP Police For Wrong Application Of Conversion Law

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today rebuked the Uttar Pradesh Police for arbitrarily handling an alleged case of rape where the offences under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 have been invoked. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a bail plea filed by the petitioner who is accused in a case …

UP: Christian conversion racket busted in Amethi, three arrested
3 months, 2 weeks ago

UP: Christian conversion racket busted in Amethi, three arrested

Op India  

On Tuesday, Amethi Police exposed a Christian conversion racket in the Agresar village and arrested three people. The accused identified as Ramlal Kori, Sandeep Kori, and Omprakash organised a Bible reading session on Tuesday wherein they promised financial and other incentives to the people belonging to the Dalit Hindu community to lure them into converting to Christianity. In #Amethi, gangs …

Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Muslim Man Accused of Kidnapping Hindu Girl
4 months, 1 week ago

Allahabad HC Grants Bail to Muslim Man Accused of Kidnapping Hindu Girl

Deccan Chronicle  

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a Muslim man accused of kidnapping and raping a Hindu girl. Granting bail to accused Javed Alam, Justice Sameer Jain said that in her statement, the girl stated that she had crossed the age of 17 when the FIR was lodged and that she went with him and married him willingly. …

Bareilly court to cops: Use provisions of illegal religious conversion Act properly
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bareilly court to cops: Use provisions of illegal religious conversion Act properly

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW While pronouncing life imprisonment to a key accused in a rape case, a Bareilly fast track court on Monday admitted that the case appeared to be an incident of the accused raping the unmarried woman on the promise of marriage by posing as a Hindu and also an attempt of forced religious conversion. The court, however, expressed its displeasure …

Supreme Court expunges Allahabad High Court's remark on religious conversions, grants bail to accused
6 months ago

Supreme Court expunges Allahabad High Court's remark on religious conversions, grants bail to accused

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday expunged the Allahabad High Court's remark that majority population of the country will become the minority one day if religious congregations where conversions take place are not stopped. Earlier on July 2, the High Court, while hearing a bail plea, noted the allegations that the applicant had been taking people from Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh …

‘UP’s anti-conversion law aims to uphold spirit of secularism': Allahabad HC
7 months, 2 weeks ago

‘UP’s anti-conversion law aims to uphold spirit of secularism': Allahabad HC

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh's stringent anti-conversion law aims to 'uphold the spirit of secularism,' a single-judge bench of the Allahabad high court observed on Tuesday, as it rejected the bail plea of a man booked for allegedly forcing a girl to convert to Islam. In his bail plea, Azeem, the accused, claimed having been ‘falsely implicated.’ He also asserted that the girl …

New UP conversion law reinforces curtailment of citizens’ rights
7 months, 2 weeks ago

New UP conversion law reinforces curtailment of citizens’ rights

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh, no stranger to draconian state action against the citizenry, just got a harsher upgrade on a law that was already skating on the thin ice of unconstitutionality. Article 25 in Part III of the Constitution, which delineates ‘Fundamental Rights’, provides that ‘… all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice …

Yogi govt tables new anti-conversion bill with life term provision
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Yogi govt tables new anti-conversion bill with life term provision

Hindustan Times  

The Yogi Adityanath government on Monday tabled the Uttar Pradesh Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill 2024 to make stricter and non-bailable provisions, increase the punishment and fine under the existing law to check unlawful religious conversions in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath with deputy CM Brajesh Pathak and Speaker Satish Mahana arrives to attend the Monsoon session of …

'India's Majority Population Will Be Minority If...': Allahabad HC On Religious Conversions
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'India's Majority Population Will Be Minority If...': Allahabad HC On Religious Conversions

News 18  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that if the current trend of religious conversions carries on then the majority of India’s population will find itself in the minority one day. Hearing the bail plea of a person, who is accused of taking people from a village in Uttar Pradesh to a religious congregation in the name of the ceremony …

UP 'Anti-Conversion' Law Applicable To Live-In Relationships Too: Allahabad High Court
11 months, 3 weeks ago

UP 'Anti-Conversion' Law Applicable To Live-In Relationships Too: Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 applies not only to marriages but to relationships in the nature of marriage or live-in relationships. Referring to Explanation to Section 3 of the Act, the Court observed that “…conversion is not only required for the purpose of marriage, but it is also …

Person Converting Religion For Marriage Must Be Informed Of Legal Consequences Like Inheritance, Maintenance: Delhi HC Issues Directions
1 year, 2 months ago

Person Converting Religion For Marriage Must Be Informed Of Legal Consequences Like Inheritance, Maintenance: Delhi HC Issues Directions

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday observed that an individual undergoing religious conversion for the purpose of marriage must be fully informed of the legal consequences associated with it and issued a slew of directions to be followed in conversion cases. The court said that the foremost requirement in the process of religious conversion for the purpose of marriage revolves …

Religious Conversion 'Racket'| Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Islamic Scholar Accused Of Waging War Against Govt Of India
1 year, 2 months ago

Religious Conversion 'Racket'| Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Islamic Scholar Accused Of Waging War Against Govt Of India

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to Islamic scholar Mufti Qazi Jahangir Alam Qasmi who was arrested in June 2021 by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police on the charges of conspiring to run a mass religious conversion racket in the State and assisted in religious conversion of over 1000 people across the state.A bench of Justice …

No God, Church, Temple Or Mosque Would Approve Malpractices By Priest/Godmen For Religious Conversion: Allahabad HC Denies Relief To SHUATS Officials
1 year, 3 months ago

No God, Church, Temple Or Mosque Would Approve Malpractices By Priest/Godmen For Religious Conversion: Allahabad HC Denies Relief To SHUATS Officials

Live Law  

Refusing to quash an FIR lodged against the Vice Chancellor and other higher officials of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science accused of persuading a woman to adopt Christianity by offering her a job and other allurement, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that no true religion on the earth would approve of malpractices by the priest …

No God, Church, Temple Or Mosque Would Approve Malpractices By Priest/Godmen For Religious Conversion: Allahabad HC Denies Relief To SHUATS Officials
1 year, 3 months ago

No God, Church, Temple Or Mosque Would Approve Malpractices By Priest/Godmen For Religious Conversion: Allahabad HC Denies Relief To SHUATS Officials

Live Law  

Refusing to quash an FIR lodged against the Vice Chancellor and other higher officials of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science accused of persuading a woman to adopt Christianity by offering her a job and other allurement, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that no true religion on the earth would approve of malpractices by the priest …

Allahabad HC Denies Bail To An 'Ojha' Accused Of Raping 15 Y/O Girl On Pretext Of Curing Her Through Religious Methods
1 year, 3 months ago

Allahabad HC Denies Bail To An 'Ojha' Accused Of Raping 15 Y/O Girl On Pretext Of Curing Her Through Religious Methods

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week denied bail to an 'Ojha' for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl under the pretext to provide treatment to her through religious methods. Essentially, the allegations against the accused were to the effect that due to the bad health of the victim, her father invited the applicant, who was an 'Ojha' to treat her, however, …

Azamgarh Police arrests one for luring Hindus and converting them to Christianity
1 year, 5 months ago

Azamgarh Police arrests one for luring Hindus and converting them to Christianity

Op India  

On Sunday, October 1, the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested one of the persons who attempted to convert the religion of Hindus to Christianity in the Sathiaon block of Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. According to the Bhaskar report, the incident came to light after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal members came to know about the event and caught …

Conversion complaint can be filed only by kin of affected person: Allahabad High Court
1 year, 6 months ago

Conversion complaint can be filed only by kin of affected person: Allahabad High Court

The Hindu  

Granting bail to two persons booked under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, the Allahabad High Court said only those related to the person who has converted, such as parents, spouse, relatives, etc., or the converted person himself can lodge complaints in such cases. The court also observed that distributing the Holy Bible and imparting …

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Catholic Priest Under Gujarat Anti-Conversion Law For Baptising Child
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Catholic Priest Under Gujarat Anti-Conversion Law For Baptising Child

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a temporary stay on the criminal proceedings against a Catholic parish priest in Gujarat for baptising a child at the request of the child's Christian mother, who is estranged from her Hindu husband. Till the next date of listing, there shall be a stay of further proceedings arising from the FIR.” Background The petitioner …

Two arrested under anti-conversion law in Uttarakhand: Police
1 year, 9 months ago

Two arrested under anti-conversion law in Uttarakhand: Police

Hindustan Times  

Two persons were arrested under the anti-conversion law in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar, police said. A case in this regard was registered under sections 3 and 5 of the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act 2018 at Kichha police station. Dhirendra Kumar, Kichha police station in-charge, said, “On the complaint of a gram pradhan, we registered the case on Saturday and …

Explainer: Anti-conversion laws
1 year, 10 months ago

Explainer: Anti-conversion laws

Hindustan Times  

“India is a melting pot of civilisations, cultures, religions, and languages”: this proposition of the Supreme Court is unfailingly underlined whenever the long-standing debate over the fundamental right to “propagate” one’s religious faith presents itself. Even as the legislative history and judicial precedents have remained wary of the tipping point when the fundamental right to propagate religion transforms into “illegal …

Uttarakhand: US Nagar police book five under anti-conversion law
1 year, 11 months ago

Uttarakhand: US Nagar police book five under anti-conversion law

Hindustan Times  

The Uddham Singh Nagar police have booked five people under the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act 2018 based on the complaint filed by a woman against her husband and relatives. Uttarakhand: US Nagar police book five under anti-conversion law The Uttarakhand Freedom Of Religion Act was passed in April 2018 making “forced or fraudulent conversions done through force or allurement” …

‘Underage girls are converted to Islam abetted by…’: India slams Pak at UNHRC
2 years ago

‘Underage girls are converted to Islam abetted by…’: India slams Pak at UNHRC

Live Mint  

In the Right o Reply in response to the statement delivered by Pakistan at Human Rights Council, United Nations, India stated, "underage girls from the community are converted to Islam abetted by a predatory state and an apathetic judiciary. Marking the case of forced conversion meted out on underage girls, India at the UNHRC slammed Pakistan for ‘misusing forum for …

Religious Conversion Case: Allahabad High Court Grants Protection Against Coercive Action To 'SHUATS' VC Till Feb 15
2 years, 1 month ago

Religious Conversion Case: Allahabad High Court Grants Protection Against Coercive Action To 'SHUATS' VC Till Feb 15

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week granted interim protection against coercive action to the Vice Chancellor of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences Rajendra Bihari Lal in connection with a mass religious conversion case.The bench of Justice Manju Rani Chauhan passed the order in an anticipatory bail. The Allahabad High Court last week granted interim protection against coercive …

'Offence Dangerous For Communal Harmony’: MP HC Denies Bail To Man Who Allegedly Raped Victim By Impersonating Himself As A Hindu
2 years, 1 month ago

'Offence Dangerous For Communal Harmony’: MP HC Denies Bail To Man Who Allegedly Raped Victim By Impersonating Himself As A Hindu

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently denied bail to one Hashim, who has been accused of raping a girl belonging to the Scheduled Caste community by impersonating himself as a Hindu. "Such type of offences are increasing day by day and also dangerous for communal harmony in the society": #MadhyaPradeshHighCourt says while denying bail to a Muslim man accused …

Religious conversion case: SC seeks AG's assistance on what measures can be taken
2 years, 2 months ago

Religious conversion case: SC seeks AG's assistance on what measures can be taken

India Today  

Terming it a very serious issue, the Supreme Court on Monday sought the assistance of the Attorney General of India in a petition highlighting the issue of religious conversion by force, deceit, or allurement. READ | Forced religious conversion can affect national security, says Supreme Court The top court converted the case into a suo moto case after objections were …

Muslim body challenges religious conversion laws of five States in Supreme Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Muslim body challenges religious conversion laws of five States in Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to declare the religious conversion laws of five States as unconstitutional, saying they bring the personal decision of an individual to adopt another faith under state scrutiny. The Acts have said that any form of allurement given to convert would amount to exercising “undue influence” over a person to change faith and …

Anti-conversion law | Not all religious conversions are illegal, Supreme Court remarks
2 years, 2 months ago

Anti-conversion law | Not all religious conversions are illegal, Supreme Court remarks

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on January 3 observed that all religious conversions cannot be presumed by a State to be illegal while agreeing to hear a Madhya Pradesh government appeal against a High Court decision freezing a mandatory provision requiring a person who desires to convert to another faith to give 60 days’ prior intimation to the local District Magistrate. Shah …

UP: Police arrest 3 men of same family over alleged rape of woman, forced religious conversion bid in Noida
2 years, 2 months ago

UP: Police arrest 3 men of same family over alleged rape of woman, forced religious conversion bid in Noida

India TV News  

Forced religious conversion: A 30-year-old Muslim man was apprehended in Noida on the charges of alleged rape and attempted religious conversion bid on a woman on the pretext of marriage. He further said that the woman has filed a case at the Bisrakh police station, alleging rape, assault and forced attempt of religious conversion. FIR lodged under relevant section He …

Women, children main targets of foreign-funded religious conversions, PIL petitioner tells SC
2 years, 3 months ago

Women, children main targets of foreign-funded religious conversions, PIL petitioner tells SC

India TV News  

Delhi: Women and children are the main targets of 'foreign-funded' religious conversion in the country and the Centre and state governments have failed to take appropriate steps to check it, the Supreme Court has been told. In a written submission filed before a bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar which is hearing a plea against religious …

Anti-Conversion Laws Are Coming For Political Reasons Than Actual Reasons: Ex-Judge Justice Deepak Gupta | Transcript Of Interview
2 years, 3 months ago

Anti-Conversion Laws Are Coming For Political Reasons Than Actual Reasons: Ex-Judge Justice Deepak Gupta | Transcript Of Interview

Live Law  

This is the full transcript of the interview of former Supreme Court judge Justice Deepak Gupta with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, on the topic of anti-conversion laws. State has no business to know if a person has changed religion Mr. Manu Sebastian : "An important news of this week is the Supreme Court hearing a PIL which seeks …

Explained | What are the existing laws on religious conversions?
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained | What are the existing laws on religious conversions?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Supreme Court’s recent remarks on religious conversions cast a spotlight on the long-standing debate about what the fundamental right to “propagate” one’s religious faith entails. Ray, heading a five-judge Bench,dissected Article 25 to hold that “the Article does not grant the right to convert other persons to one’s own religion but to transmit or spread …

District Magistrate's Nod For Religious Conversion A Precautionary Measure; Protects Women & Backward Classes : Gujarat Govt Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 3 months ago

District Magistrate's Nod For Religious Conversion A Precautionary Measure; Protects Women & Backward Classes : Gujarat Govt Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The requirement of obtaining permission from district magistrates before conversion is designed to shield against forcible conversions and protect the freedom of conscience, submitted the Gujarat government in an affidavit. The Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003, which was amended in 2021 to include forcible religious conversions through marriage, sought to control and curb "the menace of organised, sophisticated large-scale, …

Gujarat pushes for revival of a provision which requires District Magistrate’s nod for religious conversion
2 years, 3 months ago

Gujarat pushes for revival of a provision which requires District Magistrate’s nod for religious conversion

The Hindu  

The Gujarat government, buoyed by a recent Supreme Court observation that forcible or fraudulent religious conversion will ultimately affect national security, is pushing for the revival of a provision which requires a District Magistrate’s prior permission for converting or “taking part” in a ceremony involving religious conversion. Section 5 had required a person taking part, “directly or indirectly”, in a …

Freedom of religion does not include right to convert people: Gujarat in SC
2 years, 3 months ago

Freedom of religion does not include right to convert people: Gujarat in SC

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Gujarat government has told the Supreme Court that freedom of religion does not include the right to convert others, and requested the top court to vacate a High Court stay on the provision of a state law that mandates prior permission of the district magistrate for conversion through marriage. The Gujarat High Court had through its orders …

Religious freedom does not include right to convert other person: Centre tells SC
2 years, 4 months ago

Religious freedom does not include right to convert other person: Centre tells SC

India Today  

The Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday that religious freedom does not include a fundamental right to convert other persons. The plea states, "incidents are reported every week throughout the country where conversion is done by intimidating, threatening, deceivingly luring through gifts and monetary benefits and also using black magic, superstition, miracles but the Centre and States have not …

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Petitions Challenging State Laws On Religious Conversion
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Petitions Challenging State Laws On Religious Conversion

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, agreed to hear the petitions challenging the Freedom of Religious Acts introduced by some States Legislatures in the name of 'love jihad' against religious conversions for the sake of marriages. The petitions mentioned by Mr. Singh, specifically, challenges the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020 and the …

UP: Six Booked on Charges of Forced Conversion
2 years, 4 months ago

UP: Six Booked on Charges of Forced Conversion

News 18  

Six persons have been booked for allegedly luring some people to convert to Christianity, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police Rahul Bhati said on Sunday the action was taken after police got information that religious conversion was going on at the Vanshi Nagar locality here where 60-70 people were present. Those named in the FIR lodged by activist Himanshu Patel …

BREAKING: MP Freedom Of Religion Act | HC Finds Provision Requiring Inter-Faith Couples To Declare Conversion Before Collector 'Prima Facie Unconstitutional'
2 years, 4 months ago

BREAKING: MP Freedom Of Religion Act | HC Finds Provision Requiring Inter-Faith Couples To Declare Conversion Before Collector 'Prima Facie Unconstitutional'

Live Law  

In a significant order, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has restrained the State Government from taking coercive action against any person who contravenes Section 10 of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2021 which requires a person desiring to convert religion to give a declaration in this regard to the District Magistrate.Finding this provision to be prima facie unconstitutional, …

Forced religious conversion may pose danger to national security: SC
2 years, 4 months ago

Forced religious conversion may pose danger to national security: SC

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Forced religious conversion may pose a danger to national security and impinge on religious freedom of citizens, the Supreme Court said on Monday, and asked the Centre to step in and make sincere efforts to tackle the "very serious" issue. "Therefore, it is better that the Union government may make their stand clear and file counter on what …

Forced conversions may ultimately affect national security, freedom of religion, Supreme Court tells Centre
2 years, 4 months ago

Forced conversions may ultimately affect national security, freedom of religion, Supreme Court tells Centre

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday said religious conversions by means of force, allurement or fraud may “ultimately affect the security of the nation and freedom of religion and conscience of citizens” while directing the Centre to “step in” and clarify what it intends to do to curb compulsory or deceitful religious conversions. “Giving of rice, wheat, clothes, etc., etc., can …

SC notice to Centre on plea seeking action against forced religious conversion
2 years, 6 months ago

SC notice to Centre on plea seeking action against forced religious conversion

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking direction to take stringent steps to control fraudulent religious conversion by “intimidation” and through “gifts and monetary benefits”. The apex court was hearing a plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking direction to the Centre and states to take stringent steps …

SC Lawyer & BJP’s Ashwini Upadhyay Urges Centre to Bring Tough Laws to Stop Forceful Religious Conversions
2 years, 6 months ago

SC Lawyer & BJP’s Ashwini Upadhyay Urges Centre to Bring Tough Laws to Stop Forceful Religious Conversions

News 18  

Supreme Court lawyer and former Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay has appealed for tough law at the Centre to deal with matters relating to marriage and forceful religious conversions. In a letter to home minister Amit Shah and law minister Kiren Rijiju on August 31, Upadhyay argued that the right to change religion is “inherent” in the right to freedom …

Explained | Karnataka’s anti-conversion legislation
3 years, 3 months ago

Explained | Karnataka’s anti-conversion legislation

The Hindu  

The story so far : Amid vociferous opposition, the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, was introduced by Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Tuesday during the winter session of the Assembly in Belagavi. The Basavaraj Bommai led government wants to prohibit conversion by “misrepresentation, force, allurement, fraudulent means, or marriage.” What does the Protection of Right …

Over 6 religious conversions in one-and-a-half month in MP
3 years, 3 months ago

Over 6 religious conversions in one-and-a-half month in MP

India TV News  

Over 6 religious conversions in one-and-a-half month in MP Following a fresh episode, the Madhya Pradesh police claimed to have arrested a couple in Barwani district for allegedly trying to lure tribal women to convert to Christianity. Following a fresh episode, the Madhya Pradesh police claimed to have arrested a couple in Barwani district for allegedly trying to lure tribal …

Interfaith Marriage Registration Can't Be Refused By Insisting On Conversion Approval: Allahabad HC Affirms Right To Choose Partners
3 years, 4 months ago

Interfaith Marriage Registration Can't Be Refused By Insisting On Conversion Approval: Allahabad HC Affirms Right To Choose Partners

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court today observed that the Marriage Registrar/Officer lacks the power to withhold the registration of marriage, merely for the reason that the parties have not obtained the necessary approval of conversion from the district authority. Regarding the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, the Allahabad High Court observed that Interfaith marriage, per se, is …

Man moves Gujarat HC after police 'refuse' to register case under anti-conversion law
3 years, 6 months ago

Man moves Gujarat HC after police 'refuse' to register case under anti-conversion law

India Today  

The Gujarat High Court has sought more information from the authorities after a man filed a petition claiming that police did not register FIR on his complaint under the recently amended Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act. Justice Ilesh J Vora on Friday directed the Assistant Public Prosecutor to get instructions from the police regarding the complaint dated June 24, 2021, …

"Man Willing To Marry Prosecutrix If She Converts Religion, No False Promise To Marry": Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Rape Accused
3 years, 6 months ago

"Man Willing To Marry Prosecutrix If She Converts Religion, No False Promise To Marry": Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Rape Accused

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court granted bail to one Javed Alam who has been accused of establishing physical relations with the victim on the false promise of marriage while noting that he is willing to marry the victim if she converts her religions. Court's observations The Court, at the outset, noted that the applicant and the prosecutrix maintained physical relations consensually …

No Place For Religious Fanaticism, Greed & Fear In Country: Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Unlawfully Converting Woman To Islam
3 years, 7 months ago

No Place For Religious Fanaticism, Greed & Fear In Country: Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Unlawfully Converting Woman To Islam

Live Law  

Stressing that there is no place for religious fanaticism, greed, and fear in our country, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that if a person from the majority community converts his/her religion after getting insulted, then the Country becomes weak and the destructive powers source benefits from it. The Bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav was dealing with the Bail …

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