
BREAKING: MP Freedom Of Religion Act | HC Finds Provision Requiring Inter-Faith Couples To Declare Conversion Before Collector 'Prima Facie Unconstitutional'
Live LawIn 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, a. 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. Consequently, the Court came to the conclusion that a strong prima facie case had been made out by the petitioners for the grant of interim protection in relation to the marriage of two adult citizens of their volition and against any coercive action for violation of Section 10 of the Act. In related news, last year, the Gujarat High Court stayed the operation of Sections 3, 4, 4A to 4C, 5, 6, and 6A of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2021.
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