Why Madhya Pradesh is moving SC over the law that wants to make conversion illegal
2 years, 4 months ago

Why Madhya Pradesh is moving SC over the law that wants to make conversion illegal

Firstpost  

The move comes after Madhya Pradesh High Court passed an interim order stopping the government from prosecuting interfaith couples who marry without giving the district magistrate a 60-day notice — mandated under Section 10 of the MP Freedom of Religion Act 2021 The Madhya Pradesh government is headed to the Supreme Court. This comes after the Madhya Pradesh High Court passed an interim order stopping it from prosecuting interfaith couples who marry without informing the district magistrate under the MP Freedom of Religion Act 2021. The high court, in an interim order, directed the state government not to prosecute under Section 10 of the MP Freedom of Religion Act adults who solemnise their marriage on their own volition. “The state government is going to move the Supreme Court to challenge the high court’s interim order, which restrains it from prosecuting under Section 10 of the MPFRA adults who solemnise their marriage on their own volition,” Advocate General Prashant Singh told PTI on Sunday.

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‘Death penalty’: CM Mohan Yadav says govt to enforce stricter provisions for religious conversion of girls
2 weeks, 4 days ago

‘Death penalty’: CM Mohan Yadav says govt to enforce stricter provisions for religious conversion of girls

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday announced that his government would introduce the death penalty for religious conversion of girls, similar to the punishment for the rape of minors. Besides this, a provision for capital punishment will also be made in the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act for religious conversion,” said Mohan Yadav. The chief minister later …

SC: Disastrous to shift trial just because a politician is involved
2 months, 3 weeks ago

SC: Disastrous to shift trial just because a politician is involved

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday said it would be “disastrous” to transfer a trial outside a state merely because a political leader is involved because such a move could cast doubt on the independence of the entire judiciary within that state. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} The bench was hearing a petition by Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti, seeking the transfer of a cheating …

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 …

Be cautious on conversion laws
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Be cautious on conversion laws

Hindustan Times  

When Uttar Pradesh first enacted a law against forced conversions in 2021, this newspaper sounded a warning. Unfortunately, when the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill came into effect, top politicians and government functionaries repeatedly cited unproven allegations of “love jihad” — a term used by Right-wing groups to describe interfaith relationships between Muslim men and Hindu …

India’s anti-conversion laws and related court judgments through the decades
9 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
9 months, 1 week 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 …

Bizarre judgment: On the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s order
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Bizarre judgment: On the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s order

The Hindu  

It is an old principle that ignorance of law is no excuse. The Madhya Pradesh High Court’s order ruling declining to give protection to a couple on the ground that a marriage between a Muslim man and a Hindu woman will not be valid, even if registered under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, reflects an incredible misunderstanding of the law. …

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 …

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 …

CJP Urges Supreme Court To Stay Provisions Of Anti-Conversion Laws Mandating State Sanction To Change Religion
2 years, 2 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, 3 months 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 …

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 …

‘Freedom of religion does not include the right to convert people’: Gujarat in Supeme Court
2 years, 3 months ago

‘Freedom of religion does not include the right to convert people’: Gujarat in Supeme Court

The Hindu  

The Gujarat government has told the Supreme Court that freedom of religion does not include the right to convert others, and requested the Supreme 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 dated August …

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 …

MP HC Declares Provision Under Anti-Conversion Law Illegal: What Does This Mean?
2 years, 4 months 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 …

MP government to move SC to challenge high court's order against prosecuting interfaith couples
2 years, 4 months ago

MP government to move SC to challenge high court's order against prosecuting interfaith couples

Firstpost  

The high court, in an interim order, directed the state government not to prosecute under section 10 of the MP Freedom of Religion Act adults who solemnise their marriage on their own will Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh government is going to move the Supreme Court to challenge the high court’s interim order restraining it from prosecuting interfaith couples who enter …

Madhya Pradesh High Court reduces sentence of rape convict for 'sparing' minor victim's life
2 years, 5 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court reduces sentence of rape convict for 'sparing' minor victim's life

India Today  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently reduced the life sentence of a rape convict after it noted that even though the crime was demonic, the convict was "kind enough" to spare the child's life. The Indore bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar and Justice SK Singh of the high court reduced the life sentence of the convict to 20 years. The …

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 …

Can Life Sentence Be Reduced By Giving Benefit Of Right To Private Defence While Maintaining Murder Conviction ? : SC Issues Notice
2 years, 8 months ago

Can Life Sentence Be Reduced By Giving Benefit Of Right To Private Defence While Maintaining Murder Conviction ? : SC Issues Notice

Live Law  

Can a High Court, while maintaining murder conviction, reduce the life sentence to that already undergone, by giving the benefit of right to private defence?The Supreme Court might examine this issue in a special leave petition filed by the State of Madhya Pradesh against a Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment.In this case, the trial Court convicted Nandu @ Nandua and. …

Inter-Faith Couple Wrongly Advised To Marry In Temple, Seeks Time To Register Under Special Marriage Act: MP High Court Stays Kidnapping FIR
2 years, 11 months ago

Inter-Faith Couple Wrongly Advised To Marry In Temple, Seeks Time To Register Under Special Marriage Act: MP High Court Stays Kidnapping FIR

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently granted relief to an inter-faith couple in the form of protection from their parents and the society. Hearing the Writ Petition, Justice Nandita Dubey directed- Respondents No.3 to 6 are directed not to take any action against the petitioners on the basis of the FIR lodged by the relatives of petitioner No.1. Further they …

"Moral Policing Not Allowed": Madhya Pradesh HC Orders Release Of Adult Woman Who Willingly Converted Religion & Married Muslim Man
3 years, 1 month ago

"Moral Policing Not Allowed": Madhya Pradesh HC Orders Release Of Adult Woman Who Willingly Converted Religion & Married Muslim Man

Live Law  

Deciding a Habeas Corpus petition, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh upheld the constitutional right of major persons to stay together, either by way of marriage or live-in relationship. The wife, via video conferencing, informed the Court that she is 19 years old and that she willingly married the Petitioner and converted to Islam. Counsel for the state argued that …

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 …

Man arrested for ‘forcing’ former live-in partner to change religion in MP
3 years, 8 months ago

Man arrested for ‘forcing’ former live-in partner to change religion in MP

Hindustan Times  

A 40-year-old man was on Friday arrested in Satna under Madhya Pradesh’s anti-conversation law after his former live-in partner of 15 years and the mother of their 13-year-old daughter accused him of raping her and forcing her to convert. Police superintendent Dharamveer Yadav said Rafi Khan has been booked under the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act and Indian Penal …

SC Message for Bajrang Dal: Propagating Religion Is Not a Crime
3 years, 11 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, …

Madhya Pradesh government notifies law against religious conversion
3 years, 11 months ago

Madhya Pradesh government notifies law against religious conversion

Hindustan Times  

The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has notified the law against religious conversion through fraudulent means, including those for the sake of marriage, that stipulates a jail term of up to 10 years for violators, after Governor Anandiben Patel gave her assent. "The Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act 2021 has been promulgated and published in the gazette notification on …

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
4 years 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 …

Madya Pradesh Assembly passes anti-conversion bill by voice vote; hefty fines, 10 years imprisonment for offenders
4 years ago

Madya Pradesh Assembly passes anti-conversion bill by voice vote; hefty fines, 10 years imprisonment for offenders

Firstpost  

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Monday passed by voice vote a bill that checks religious conversions through marriage or by any other fraudulent means. The bill earlier replaced the ordinance, cleared by the cabinet in December and promulgated in January, which had provisions of 10 years imprisonment in some cases and hefty fine for violators. On 1 March, state …

"The Law Acts As Juggernaut For Hateful, Divisive And Schismatic Propaganda" Madhya Pradesh Freedom Of Religion Ordinance 2020 Challenged In SC
4 years, 1 month ago

"The Law Acts As Juggernaut For Hateful, Divisive And Schismatic Propaganda" Madhya Pradesh Freedom Of Religion Ordinance 2020 Challenged In SC

Live Law  

A petition has been filed in the Apex Court challenging the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religious Ordinance, 2020 as being violative of Art. The petition is filed by Advocate on Record, Aldanish Rein and drawn by Advocates Rajesh Inamdar, Shashwat Anand, Devesh Saxena, Ashutosh Mani Tripathi and Ankur Azad. Followed by the pending challenges to UP Unlawful Conversion of Religion …

No Proposal To Make Central Anti Conversion Law To Curb Inter Faith Marriage: Centre In Lok Sabha
4 years, 1 month 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 …

SC refuses to stay Uttarakhand, UP laws regulating inter-faith marriages
4 years, 2 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
4 years, 2 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
4 years, 2 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
4 years, 2 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 …

Madhya Pradesh cabinet approves ordinance on bill against religious conversions
4 years, 2 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
4 years, 3 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 …

Madhya Pradesh Clears Bill Against 'Love Jihad'; 5 Yrs Jail & 25K Fine, Punishment Double For SC, ST
4 years, 3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh Clears Bill Against 'Love Jihad'; 5 Yrs Jail & 25K Fine, Punishment Double For SC, ST

ABP News  

The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved 'MP Freedom of Religion Bill, 2020' in a special Cabinet meeting today chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Forced conversion of a minor, woman or a person from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, would draw a minimum jail term of 2-10 years with a minimum penalty of Rs 50,000," said Madhya Pradesh Home …

UP's Anti-conversion Law Can't Be Sustained, Has Many Defects, Says Ex-SC Judge Madan Lokur
4 years, 3 months 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 …

Madhya Pradesh: Wasim became Vikas Rajput to entrap Hindu woman
4 years, 3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Wasim became Vikas Rajput to entrap Hindu woman

Op India  

In the latest case of Grooming Jihad which has emerged from Munninagar in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, a Hindu woman has been allegedly cheated, raped and blackmailed by a Muslim man pretending to be Hindu. Over the years, like Uttar Pradesh, rampant Grooming Jihad cases have also surfaced in Madhya Pradesh, owing to which BJP government in Madhya Pradesh is introducing …

10 years in jail for offence under MP's 'religious freedom' law, fine up to Rs 1 lakh
4 years, 3 months ago

10 years in jail for offence under MP's 'religious freedom' law, fine up to Rs 1 lakh

India Today  

Conversion through marriage or by any other fraudulent means will attract a prison term of up to ten years and a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh under the proposed Madhya Pradesh Religious Freedom Act. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a meeting on Saturday to discuss the proposed law, news agency PTI reported official of the …

Plea in Supreme Court against Ordinances on religious conversion
4 years, 3 months 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 …

Madhya Pradesh to bring law against love-jihad: CM Chouhan
4 years, 3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh to bring law against love-jihad: CM Chouhan

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said that the state government will very soon bring a law against 'Love Jihad'. Madhya Pradesh government, earlier, said that it will introduce Dharma Swatantrya Bill 2020 in the next session of the state Assembly in view of the rising incidents of love jihad. Earlier, Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government passed …

U.P. ordinance on “love jehad” criminalises conversion
4 years, 3 months ago

U.P. ordinance on “love jehad” criminalises conversion

The Hindu  

The issue of love jehad has once again raised its ugly head close on the heels of a judgment of the Allahabad High Court in the Priyanshi case. Right to freedom of choice Thereafter in the recent Salamat Ansari case, the Allahabad High Court overturned the single-judge decision in the Priyanshi case. The Allahabad High Court also quoted the Supreme …

Uttar Pradesh registers first case under new anti-conversion law in Bareilly district
4 years, 3 months ago

Uttar Pradesh registers first case under new anti-conversion law in Bareilly district

Firstpost  

On Saturday, Governor Anandiben Patel assented to an ordinance against forcible or fraudulent religious conversions. The law stipulates imprisonment up to 10 years and a maximum fine of Rs 50,000 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has registered its first case under the new anti-conversion law in Bareilly district based on a complaint from the father of a young woman. In a statement …

Uttar Pradesh governor gives assent to the ordinance against unlawful religious conversions
4 years, 3 months 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 …

Madhya Pradesh Govt Proposes 10-year Jail Term for Forcing Interfaith Marriages
4 years, 4 months ago

Madhya Pradesh Govt Proposes 10-year Jail Term for Forcing Interfaith Marriages

News 18  

Bhopal: The BJP-led government in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday said it is proposing a jail term of 10 years for anyone found guilty of using marriage to force someone to change religion. The announcement by state Home Minister Narottam Mishra came a day after Uttar Pradesh government approved a draft ordinance to curb forcible or 'dishonest' religious conversions including those …

UP's 'anti-Love Jihad' ordinance: Past, present and legal hurdles ahead
4 years, 4 months ago

UP's 'anti-Love Jihad' ordinance: Past, present and legal hurdles ahead

India Today  

After the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday cleared an ordinance against unlawful religious conversions, termed Love Jihad by many BJP leaders, a controversy has erupted. ‘ANTI-CONVERSION LAWS’ IN PLACE “Anti-conversion laws” are in force in eight states: Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Uttarakhand. The Odisha and Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Acts, passed in …

Indian state criminalises religious conversions by marriage
4 years, 4 months ago

Indian state criminalises religious conversions by marriage

Al Jazeera  

The decree by Uttar Pradesh state lays out up to 10 years’ prison term following a campaign by Modi’s BJP against interfaith marriages. The party describes such marriages as “love jihad”, an unproven conspiracy theory used by its leaders and Hindu far-right groups to accuse Muslim men of converting Hindu women by marriage. ‘Encroachment into the right to freedom of …

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