UP's Anti-conversion Law Can't Be Sustained, Has Many Defects, Says Ex-SC Judge Madan Lokur
4 years ago

UP's Anti-conversion Law Can't Be Sustained, Has Many Defects, Says Ex-SC Judge Madan Lokur

News 18  

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Madan B Lokur on Tuesday criticised the Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion law, saying it cannot be sustained as it contained many defects from legal and Constitutional point of view. He was speaking at the launch of the book launch In Pursuit of Justice- An autobiography, on former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court late Justice Rajinder Sachar. The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, mainly envisages that no person shall convert, either directly or indirectly from one religion to another by use or practice of misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage nor shall any person abet, convince or conspire such conversion. Recently, the Allahabad High Court has sought the response of the Uttar Pradesh government on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Ordinance.

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‘UP’s anti-conversion law aims to uphold spirit of secularism': Allahabad HC
4 months, 1 week 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
4 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 …

UP govt to harden anti-conversion law, introduces bill in assembly
4 months, 3 weeks ago

UP govt to harden anti-conversion law, introduces bill in assembly

India TV News  

The UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill 2024 was introduced in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Monday during the monsoon session proceedings. Bill likely to be passed on August 2 Earlier in 2021, Uttar Pradesh's Yogi government passed the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, following which the amended bill has been introduced today. According to …

India’s anti-conversion laws and related court judgments through the decades
6 months ago

India’s anti-conversion laws and related court judgments through the decades

Hindustan Times  

The newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party government in Rajasthan, led by Bhajan Lal Sharma, has announced plans to introduce new legislation on religious conversion. The government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on June 18, stating that while the state currently lacks specific legislation on religious conversion, it is actively working on drafting a new law. Legal and constitutional …

New BJP govt in Rajasthan to introduce fresh law on religious conversion
6 months ago

New BJP govt in Rajasthan to introduce fresh law on religious conversion

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Indicating a significant policy shift, the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party government in Rajasthan has announced its intention to introduce fresh legislation on religious conversion. The Bhajan Lal Sharma-led government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, stating that while the state currently lacks specific legislation on religious conversion, it is actively working on drafting a …

In Process Of Bringing Anti-Conversion Law : Rajasthan Govt Tells Supreme Court
6 months ago

In Process Of Bringing Anti-Conversion Law : Rajasthan Govt Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The State of Rajasthan has informed the Supreme Court that it is in the process of making an anti-conversion law. In an affidavit filed in response to a PIL seeking to prevent fraudulent and forceful religious conversions, the State submitted that it does not have any specific legislation dealing with religious conversions.However, the State submitted that it "is in the …

Legally Speaking | Are laws that prevent forced conversions really about freedom to practise religion?
10 months, 1 week ago

Legally Speaking | Are laws that prevent forced conversions really about freedom to practise religion?

Hindustan Times  

Article 25 of the Constitution of India recognises freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practise and propagate religion. Last month, the Allahabad high court dismissed petitions filed by eight interfaith couples seeking protection for their lives, noting that their marriages were not in compliance with the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion …

Karnataka: Congress' Repeal of Anti-Conversion Law a Win for Church and Citizens
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka: Congress' Repeal of Anti-Conversion Law a Win for Church and Citizens

The Quint  

For many in the church, civil society, or just for those wanting to legalise a live-in marital status, it was with great joy that they read the announcement that the law, which civil society and the church under the redoubtable leadership of Bangalore Archbishop Peter Machado had fought tooth and nail for more than a year, was being repealed. The …

Political Storm Over Religious Conversions: Does India Need a National Law? - News18
1 year, 6 months ago

Political Storm Over Religious Conversions: Does India Need a National Law? - News18

News 18  

The possible repeal of the Karnataka Freedom of Religion Act, 2021, enacted under the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government has created a political storm. Amid the sharp political narrative between the Congress and BJP, the intricate issue of religious conversions in India has never found the serious attention it deserves. The absence of empirical data or any study on religious conversions, …

Karnataka to scrap anti-conversion law
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka to scrap anti-conversion law

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi/Bengaluru: The Congress government led by Siddaramaiah has decided to scrap the law against religious conversion — keeping its poll promise of reviewing and, if necessary, scrapping all the laws made by the previous BJP government in Karnataka. "We are bringing in a Bill to repeal the amendments to the Karnataka Protection of Rights to Freedom of Religion Bill, …

Explainer: Anti-conversion laws
1 year, 7 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 …

Religious conversion a serious issue, should not be given political colour, says Supreme Court
1 year, 11 months ago

Religious conversion a serious issue, should not be given political colour, says Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on January 9, 2023 said the Tamil Nadu government prima facie was giving “political colour” to a case concerning the “very serious” issue of religious conversions through force, deceit, and allurement, which was a concern for the entire nation. Ravikumar when senior advocate P. Wilson, for Tamil Nadu, said the petitioner, advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, was a …

Muslim body challenges religious conversion laws of five States in Supreme Court
1 year, 11 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
1 year, 11 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 …

"All Conversions Can't Be Said To Be Illegal' : Supreme Court Refuses To Stay MP HC Order Against Declaration Before DM To Change Religion
1 year, 11 months ago

"All Conversions Can't Be Said To Be Illegal' : Supreme Court Refuses To Stay MP HC Order Against Declaration Before DM To Change Religion

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on the special leave petition filed by the State of Madhya Pradesh against the High Court restraining the 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 …

CJP Urges Supreme Court To Stay Provisions Of Anti-Conversion Laws Mandating State Sanction To Change Religion
1 year, 11 months ago

CJP Urges Supreme Court To Stay Provisions Of Anti-Conversion Laws Mandating State Sanction To Change Religion

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha on Monday adjourned the batch of petitions challenging religious conversion laws in various states. Senior Advocate CU Singh appearing for Citizen for Peace and Justice submitted that the petitioners were seeking interim relief with respect to the Acts in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The senior counsel pointed …

Blow to Madhya Pradesh’s anti-conversion Law
2 years ago

Blow to Madhya Pradesh’s anti-conversion Law

Hindustan Times  

Recently the high court of Madhya Pradesh directed the MP authorities not to take coercive steps against any individual who converted to a different religion without informing the district administration. Many people filed writ petitions before the MP high court challenging the constitutional validity of various provisions of the MP Freedom of Religion Act, 2021, including Section 10 which requires …

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

Uttarakhand tables bill to make anti-conversion law more stringent
2 years ago

Uttarakhand tables bill to make anti-conversion law more stringent

Hindustan Times  

The winter session of Uttarakhand assembly began on Tuesday with the government tabling a bill to strengthen the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act 2018, to make forced conversion a cognisable and non-bailable offence with a provision for imprisonment up to 10 years. The state government tabled the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Bill, 2022 to enhance the punishment for forced conversions …

MP HC Declares Provision Under Anti-Conversion Law Illegal: What Does This Mean?
2 years, 1 month ago

MP HC Declares Provision Under Anti-Conversion Law Illegal: What Does This Mean?

The Quint  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday, 17 November, held 'unconstitutional' a provision under the state's anti-conversion law, which required an individual to inform the district administration before converting. The court was hearing a clutch of petitions filed by activists and social workers, seeking a stay on the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act 2021 because it gave “unbridled and …

Forced conversions may ultimately affect national security, freedom of religion, Supreme Court tells Centre
2 years, 1 month 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 Lawyer & BJP’s Ashwini Upadhyay Urges Centre to Bring Tough Laws to Stop Forceful Religious Conversions
2 years, 3 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 …

BJP’s Giriraj Singh favours anti-conversion law, Rajya Sabha MP Rakesh Sinha seeks ‘global minority’ status for Hindus
2 years, 6 months ago

BJP’s Giriraj Singh favours anti-conversion law, Rajya Sabha MP Rakesh Sinha seeks ‘global minority’ status for Hindus

The Hindu  

Union minister Giriraj Singh on June 10 asserted that there was a need for an anti-conversion law that was applicable to the entire country. During a ‘Bharat bandh’ called by the BJP, Mr. Singh, in addition to many BJP leaders, was booked for blocking railway traffic. I have come here to give my statement,” said Mr. Singh who was accompanied …

Targeting minorities: BJP government's anti-conversion Bill in Haryana
2 years, 8 months ago

Targeting minorities: BJP government's anti-conversion Bill in Haryana

The Hindu  

ON February 8, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Haryana approved the draft Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2022, thereby joining the list of BJP-ruled States that have enacted similar laws. The draft Bill, like the anti-conversion laws in other BJP-ruled States such as Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, claims to address forcible …

Explained | Karnataka’s anti-conversion legislation
3 years 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 …

‘Disclose if you’ve converted…can’t take double benefits’: RSS
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Disclose if you’ve converted…can’t take double benefits’: RSS

Hindustan Times  

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said on Saturday that religious conversions must stop in the country, and individuals who change their faith should declare the same, according to news agency PTI. They take double benefits,” RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale informed at a press conference in Karnataka’s Dharwad. Hosabale further stated that the opposition to anti-conversion laws by the members of …

Karnataka government plans to introduce anti-conversion law
3 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka government plans to introduce anti-conversion law

The Hindu  

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra stated in the Legislative Assembly on September 21 that the government was considering introducing an anti-conversion law to prevent forced and inducement-based religious conversions. Converting someone by offering inducements is against the law as well and I have given strict instructions to the police to take action where necessary,” Jnanendra said. The Home Minister said: …

The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition Of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020: Constitutionality Of Section 8(1)
3 years, 6 months ago

The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition Of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020: Constitutionality Of Section 8(1)

Live Law  

The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020, popularly known as the Love Jihad law, promulgated in November last year, raises several constitutional concerns. Right to religious conversion forms part of the right to privacy since it deals with one's choice of faith and control over one's conscience. The Constitution grants freedom of conscience to afford to persons …

SC Message for Bajrang Dal: Propagating Religion Is Not a Crime
3 years, 8 months ago

SC Message for Bajrang Dal: Propagating Religion Is Not a Crime

The Quint  

While Article 25 grants the freedom to practise and profess religion, it doesn’t give the right to practise religious conversions. In the Stainislaus vs State of Madhya Pradesh case, while upholding the validity of anti-conversion laws of Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, the Supreme Court said, “Article 25 does not grant the right to convert other people to one’s own religion, …

Conversion For Marriage- "Can't Exercise Judicial Power Just Because No Law In Place, But Can Examine Validity Of Law If Enacted": Calcutta High Court
3 years, 9 months ago

Conversion For Marriage- "Can't Exercise Judicial Power Just Because No Law In Place, But Can Examine Validity Of Law If Enacted": Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

Hearing a plea asserting that certain religious denominations are effectuating conversion under the guise of the institution of marriage, the Calcutta High Court last week held that in such matters, the policy-making instrument would not be the judiciary. The Bench of Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice Arijit Banerjee further observed, "The pith and substance of all the issues …

UP Legislature Passes Bill Against Religious Conversion
3 years, 9 months ago

UP Legislature Passes Bill Against Religious Conversion

News 18  

The Uttar Pradesh legislature on Thursday passed a bill aimed at curbing religious conversions by fraudulent or any other undue means, including through marriage. The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2021, was passed in the Legislative Council by voice vote a day after it got the nod in the state Assembly. BSP member Dinesh Chandra said …

No Proposal To Make Central Anti Conversion Law To Curb Inter Faith Marriage: Centre In Lok Sabha
3 years, 10 months ago

No Proposal To Make Central Anti Conversion Law To Curb Inter Faith Marriage: Centre In Lok Sabha

Live Law  

The Central Government has stated in Lok Sabha that it does not propose to make a Central Anti Conversion Law to curb interfaith marriages.Minister of State in Ministry of Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy said thus while replying to some queries by some Members of Parliament.The Government was asked whether it is of the view that interfaith marriages are happening …

Conversion ordinance: Don’t take HC ‘lightly’, top court tells UP govt
3 years, 10 months ago

Conversion ordinance: Don’t take HC ‘lightly’, top court tells UP govt

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea by the Uttar Pradesh government seeking to stop the Allahabad high court from examining the state’s contentious anti-conversion law, and said that no constitutional court should be taken “lightly”. A Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, made it clear that it will not transfer the petitions …

UP Govt. Moves Supreme Court Seeking Transfer Of Petitions Challenging Its Anti-Religious Conversion Ordinance From HC To SC
3 years, 11 months ago

UP Govt. Moves Supreme Court Seeking Transfer Of Petitions Challenging Its Anti-Religious Conversion Ordinance From HC To SC

Live Law  

The Uttar Pradesh Government has filed an application before the Supreme Court seeking to transfer the petitions pending in the Allahabad High Court against its anti-conversion Ordinance. " Stating that the Supreme Court is already seized of the matter, the Yogi-Adityanath led Government has filed an application under Article 139A of the Constitution for transfer of proceedings from the High …

UP Ordinance On Conversion Is Nothing But Criminalization Of Inter-Faith Marriages : Petitioner's Rejoinder In Allahabad High Court
3 years, 11 months ago

UP Ordinance On Conversion Is Nothing But Criminalization Of Inter-Faith Marriages : Petitioner's Rejoinder In Allahabad High Court

Live Law  

"If a person exercises the freedom under Article 25 of the Constitution to marry somebody of his or her choice, and in that process, one partner chooses to change their religion immediately prior to marriage, that should not be the matter of concern for the State of any Social Watchdogs," submitted a writ petitioner before the Allahabad High Court, in …

SC refuses to stay Uttarakhand, UP laws regulating inter-faith marriages
3 years, 11 months ago

SC refuses to stay Uttarakhand, UP laws regulating inter-faith marriages

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh laws regulating inter-faith marriages and conversion while issuing notice in two pleas challenging the validity of the laws. Refusing to stay the laws, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde said it can’t decide which provisions of the two laws were …

Muslim body moves SC, seeks to be party in pleas against state laws on religious conversion
3 years, 11 months ago

Muslim body moves SC, seeks to be party in pleas against state laws on religious conversion

Firstpost  

The NGO, in the application filed through advocate Ejaj Maqbool, said that in such circumstances, it wishes to raise the issue of fundamental rights of the Muslim youth, who are being targeted and demonized by using the ordinance which itself is unconstitutional A Muslim body moved the Supreme Court Wednesday seeking it be made a party in the batch of …

Muslim Body Moves SC, Seeks to Be Party in Pleas Against State Laws on Religious Conversion
3 years, 11 months ago

Muslim Body Moves SC, Seeks to Be Party in Pleas Against State Laws on Religious Conversion

News 18  

A Muslim body moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking it be made a party in the batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of controversial new laws of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand regulating religious conversions in inter-faith marriages. That as is evident by the statements made by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the impugned ordinance was promulgated to …

Supreme Court refuses to stay anti-conversion law, issues notices to UP and Uttarakhand govts
3 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court refuses to stay anti-conversion law, issues notices to UP and Uttarakhand govts

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to examine controversial new laws of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand regulating religious conversions due to inter-faith marriages. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde refused, however, to stay the controversial provisions of the laws and issued notices to both state governments on two different petitions. The pleas, filed by advocate Vishal Thakre …

Eliminate State and social interference in matters of conscience
3 years, 11 months ago

Eliminate State and social interference in matters of conscience

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh ’s Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion law — colloquially called the “love jihad law” — has attracted controversy ever since it was initially enacted as an ordinance two months ago. It should be clear that the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion law infantilises Indian citizens, reduces them to the level of subjects, and authorises State …

'I Personally Don't Approve of Conversions': Rajnath Singh on Why UP, MP 'Love Jihad' Law is Needed
3 years, 11 months ago

'I Personally Don't Approve of Conversions': Rajnath Singh on Why UP, MP 'Love Jihad' Law is Needed

News 18  

Lending his support to the ‘love jihad’ law, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that those governments who have passed the ordinances have considered misdoings like “mass, forceful conversion for marriage” as “Muslims can’t marry someone from another faith”. The UP government has been given a letter — signed by 104 former IAS officers, including former National Security Adviser …

Madhya Pradesh cabinet approves ordinance on bill against religious conversions
3 years, 11 months ago

Madhya Pradesh cabinet approves ordinance on bill against religious conversions

Firstpost  

As per the Freedom of Religion Bill, those in violation will attract a jail term of up to 10 years, which includes conversions for the sake of marriage Bhopal: The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday gave its nod to an ordinance on the bill against religious conversion through fraudulent means, including those for the sake of marriage, that …

How states are building a legal wall against religious conversions
3 years, 11 months ago

How states are building a legal wall against religious conversions

India Today  

On December 26, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh cabinet approved the Dharma Swatantrya Bill, 2020, aimed at curbing forced or deceitful religious conversions in the state. While both states have made forceful conversions and marriages cognizable and non-bailable offences, the Madhya Pradesh law spares a person converting on his own free will from giving advance notice to the district …

Himachal makes law against forced religious conversion
4 years ago

Himachal makes law against forced religious conversion

India TV News  

Over a year after the legislation was passed by the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state has made a law to check "forcible religious conversions". Cutting across party lines, the ruling BJP and the Congress had passed the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2019, with the latter initially expressing some resentment over the need …

Plea in Supreme Court against Ordinances on religious conversion
4 years ago

Plea in Supreme Court against Ordinances on religious conversion

The Hindu  

A petition was filed on Thursday in the Supreme Court to declare two ordinances, passed separately by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, criminalising religious conversion through marriage as unconstitutional. Two advocates and a law researcher have approached the court against the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition Of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018. Advocates Vishal …

Anti-conversion law is full of doubts and apprehensions: Mayawati
4 years ago

Anti-conversion law is full of doubts and apprehensions: Mayawati

Live Mint  

BSP supremo Mayawati asked the Uttar Pradesh government to reconsider the new anti-conversion law, saying it is full of "doubts and apprehensions". Her remarks come after Uttar Pradesh registered its first case under the new law in Bareilly district based on a complaint from the father of a young woman. Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Saturday gave assent to …

Uttar Pradesh governor gives assent to the ordinance against unlawful religious conversions
4 years ago

Uttar Pradesh governor gives assent to the ordinance against unlawful religious conversions

Op India  

Days after Yogi Adityanath government cleared the draft ordinance against unlawful religious conversions, the Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel also gave her assent to the ordinance on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh government approves ordinance against unlawful religious conversions In a cabinet meeting, headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on November 24, the government had cleared the ordinance against forced conversions, which …

UP Governor Anandiben Patel gives assent to ordinance on ’unlawful conversion’
4 years ago

UP Governor Anandiben Patel gives assent to ordinance on ’unlawful conversion’

Live Mint  

The Uttar Pradesh ordinance on unlawful conversion was promulgated after the approval of state Governor Anandiben Patel on Saturday. Governor Patel today gave assent to an ordinance against forcible or "dishonest" religious conversions. CM Adityanath had earlier this week approved the draft ordinance to curb forcible or "dishonest" religious conversions including those for the sake of marriage, which could land …

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