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, 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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Rajasthan’s Anti-Conversion Law 2025: Increasing Restrictions of Religious Freedom in BJP-Ruled States
1 week, 1 day 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 …

Everything to know about Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, opposed by Christian evangelist groups, and the Gauhati High Court order
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Everything to know about Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, opposed by Christian evangelist groups, and the Gauhati High Court order

Op India  

On Thursday, Christian evangelist groups held demonstrations against the implementation of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act in the northeastern state. The protestors were seen holding placards which read ‘We demand the repeal of APFRA,’ ‘Do not turn us against one another,’ and ‘There is no honour in enforcing APFRA.’ On 21st February, ACF members met the Home Minister …

What Is Arunachal’s ‘Anti-Conversion Law’? 46-Year-Old Act That Was Never Implemented
3 weeks, 4 days ago

What Is Arunachal’s ‘Anti-Conversion Law’? 46-Year-Old Act That Was Never Implemented

ABP News  

The Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, which had been in cold storage for almost 46 years, is back in the reckoning with the state government trying to draft an anti-conversion law following a Gauhati High Court directive. The Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act prohibits religious conversion "by use of force or inducement or by fraudulent means". The Act …

Arunachal to implement freedom of religion law, dormant for 46 years: Khandu
3 months ago

Arunachal to implement freedom of religion law, dormant for 46 years: Khandu

Hindustan Times  

GUWAHATI: Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu said that the state will soon frame rules and implement the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978, which was dormant until now. Union minister of tribal affairs Jual Oram with Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu at the silver jubilee celebration of IFSCAP, in Itanagar The announcement was made at the silver …

‘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 …

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 …

New UP conversion law reinforces curtailment of citizens’ rights
7 months, 3 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 …

Gujarat govt notice requires Hindus to seek permission for converting to Buddhism
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Gujarat govt notice requires Hindus to seek permission for converting to Buddhism

Hindustan Times  

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government, which issued a circular earlier this week designating Buddhism as a distinct religion has ruled, under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003, that conversions from Hinduism to Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism will now necessitate prior approval from respective district magistrates. Highlighting discrepancies in the interpretation of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act by district magistrate …

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 …

Karnataka: Congress' Repeal of Anti-Conversion Law a Win for Church and Citizens
1 year, 9 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 …

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” …

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 …

'Harassment Of Inter-Faith Couples, Invasion Of Privacy' : Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind Moves Supreme Court Challenging Anti-Conversion Laws Of 5 States
2 years, 2 months ago

'Harassment Of Inter-Faith Couples, Invasion Of Privacy' : Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind Moves Supreme Court Challenging Anti-Conversion Laws Of 5 States

Live Law  

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has filed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the constitutional validity of conversion laws across the country. The challenged acts include the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition Of Unlawful Conversion Of Religion Act, 2021, the Uttarakhand Freedom Of Religion Act, 2018, the Himachal Pradesh Freedom Of Religion Act, 2019, the Madhya Pradesh Freedom Of Religion Act, 2021 and. The challenged acts …

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 …

"All Conversions Can't Be Said To Be Illegal' : Supreme Court Refuses To Stay MP HC Order Against Declaration Before DM To Change Religion
2 years, 2 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
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 …

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 …

Faith and freedom: On combating forcible religious conversion
2 years, 3 months ago

Faith and freedom: On combating forcible religious conversion

The Hindu  

Protracted litigation in the name of combating forcible religious conversion is taking up valuable time of courts. The Supreme Court is hearing a purported Public Interest Litigation seeking action to curb deceitful religious conversion in the country. The Gujarat High Court had correctly stayed Section 5 of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003, while also staying the operation of …

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 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 …

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 …

Uttarakhand tables bill to make anti-conversion law more stringent
2 years, 4 months 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 Lawyer & BJP’s Ashwini Upadhyay Urges Centre to Bring Tough Laws to Stop Forceful Religious Conversions
2 years, 7 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 …

Mass conversion to be illegal in Himachal Pradesh: Assembly passes bill
2 years, 7 months ago

Mass conversion to be illegal in Himachal Pradesh: Assembly passes bill

Firstpost  

The Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2022, forbids mass conversion — more than two people changing their religion together — and increases the punishment for forced conversion from seven to 10 years Shimla: Making amendments to the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act 2019, the Assembly here today passed a bill seeking to make mass conversion illegal and increase …

Himachal Assembly: Govt introduces more stringent version of state's anti-conversion law
2 years, 7 months ago

Himachal Assembly: Govt introduces more stringent version of state's anti-conversion law

Firstpost  

The amendment bill now introduced by Jai Ram Thakur’s BJP government proposes to increase the punishment for forced conversions from up to seven years in prison to a maximum of 10 Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government on Friday introduced a bill in the state Assembly to enhance the punishment and add a specific mention of mass conversion in an existing …

Religious conversion, unless forced, is not prohibited: Delhi HC
2 years, 9 months ago

Religious conversion, unless forced, is not prohibited: Delhi HC

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Friday observed that a religious conversion, unless forced, is not prohibited as every person has the right guaranteed under the Constitution to choose or profess any religion. A Bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Tushar Rao Gedela made the remarks while hearing a petition by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking directions to frame laws to …

Targeting minorities: BJP government's anti-conversion Bill in Haryana
2 years, 11 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 …

Too early to intervene in Karnataka hijab row, says Supreme Court
3 years, 1 month ago

Too early to intervene in Karnataka hijab row, says Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was “too early” for it to intervene in the Karnataka hijab row when the State High Court was hearing it. The court’s response came to a plea made by senior advocate Kapil Sibal to transfer the petitions from the High Court to the top court and to place it before a nine-judge Bench …

Religious conversions happen when people get influenced, not by fear of sword: Ghulam Nabi Azad
3 years, 3 months ago

Religious conversions happen when people get influenced, not by fear of sword: Ghulam Nabi Azad

India TV News  

Religious conversions happen when people get influenced, not by fear of sword: Ghulam Nabi Azad His statement comes after Opposition in Karnataka alleged that the anti-conversion bill is being proposed in the state to "target a particular religion." Over the ongoing debate on the anti-conversion bills being introduced in states, senior Congress leader and former chief minister of the erstwhile …

Karnataka Assembly Passes Bill To Impose Restrictions On Religious Conversions & Inter-Faith Marriages
3 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka Assembly Passes Bill To Impose Restrictions On Religious Conversions & Inter-Faith Marriages

Live Law  

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed the Karnataka Protection of Right To Freedom Of Religion Bill, 2021, which seeks to impose restrictions on religious conversions and inter-faith marriages. The bill prohibits "unlawful conversion" from one religion to another by misinterpretation, force undue influence, coercion, allurement or by another fraudulent means or marriage. It is also notified that a declaration …

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 …

Karnataka Govt Tables Bill To Impose Restrictions On Religious Conversion, Inter-Faith Marriages
3 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka Govt Tables Bill To Impose Restrictions On Religious Conversion, Inter-Faith Marriages

Live Law  

The Karnataka Government on Tuesday introduced the Karnataka Protection of Right To Freedom Of Religion Bill, 2021, which seeks to impose restrictions on religious conversions and inter-faith marriages, before the Legislative Assembly. The bill prohibits "unlawful conversion" from one religion to another by misinterpretation, force undue influence, coercion, allurement or by another fraudulent means or marriage. It is also notified …

Aakar Patel | New law likely to spell trouble for Christians in Karnakata
3 years, 3 months ago

Aakar Patel | New law likely to spell trouble for Christians in Karnakata

Deccan Chronicle  

Last week the People’s Union for Civil Liberties published a report on the concerted attacks against Karnataka’s Christian community and their places of worship. The BJP government in Karnataka is also proposing to survey the state’s churches, to no apparent end other than monitoring Christians, their religious activity and their places of worship. It is important that civil society document …

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 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, …

‘Love jehad’ law: An Act of bias in Gujarat
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Love jehad’ law: An Act of bias in Gujarat

The Hindu  

In 2003, as Chief Minister of Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered on his election promise to prevent religious conversions in the State. The State government amended several sections of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act in June, and one of the amendments made state permission a requirement for an inter-religious marriage. The term love jehad as a phenomenon singles …

Why was the Gujarat anti-conversion law stayed?
3 years, 6 months ago

Why was the Gujarat anti-conversion law stayed?

India Today  

On August 29, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said his government would appeal the Supreme Court against the Gujarat High Court’s order on August 19 that stayed certain sections of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2021. “Hindu girls are made to elope, and later forced to undergo religious conversion.” On August 19, the Gujarat High Court stayed sections 3, …

Permission Of District Magistrate Not Needed For Conversion After Inter-Faith Marriage : Gujarat High Court
3 years, 7 months ago

Permission Of District Magistrate Not Needed For Conversion After Inter-Faith Marriage : Gujarat High Court

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court today refused to rectify its August 19 order staying Section 5 Of Gujarat Freedom Of Religion Act noting that "We don't find any reason to make any changes in the order ".Appearing before the Bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Biren Vaishnav, Advocate General Kamal Trivedi argued that Section 5 of the Act has …

Anti 'Love Jihad' Law: Gujarat High Court Puts Sections Of 'Freedom Of Religion' Act On Hold
3 years, 7 months ago

Anti 'Love Jihad' Law: Gujarat High Court Puts Sections Of 'Freedom Of Religion' Act On Hold

ABP News  

Anti-Love Jihad Law: The Gujarat High Court on Thursday stayed the implementation of some sections of the state's new anti-conversion law on inter-religious marriages. A bench of Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Biren Vaishnav said an interim order has been passed to protect people from unnecessary trouble. The Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2021 which punishes people involved in …

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