‘Love Jihad’ Laws: UP Cabinet Clears Ordinance on Conversion
4 years ago

‘Love Jihad’ Laws: UP Cabinet Clears Ordinance on Conversion

The Quint  

Siddharth Nath Singh also gave some details of the ordinance to ANI, saying: “The ordinance provides for jail term of 1-5 years with a Rs 15,000 penalty for forceful religious conversion. For conversions of minors & women of SC/SC community, there will be jail term of 3-10 years with Rs 25,000 penalty.” He also added that if a person wants to perform marriage after converting into any other religion, they will need to take permission from the relevant District Magistrate two months before the marriage The Economic Times had reported on Saturday, 21 November that the new law being brought in in UP would do the same, making conversion for the sake of marriage illegal. Any marriage entered into after such a conversion can be declared null and void based on a complaint by any third party, including the family of the victim. There is no actual reference to the term ‘love jihad’ in this ordinance, according to reports.

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‘Love Jihad’ being waged by certain community, poses major threat to nation’s unity: U.P. court judge
2 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Love Jihad’ being waged by certain community, poses major threat to nation’s unity: U.P. court judge

The Hindu  

The objective of “love jihad” is to establish dominance by certain anti-social elements of a particular religion against India through demographic warfare and international conspiracy, a local court here has observed. Additional District Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar said Hindu girls are being lured into “love” for the sake of illegal conversions and create conditions similar to those in Pakistan and …

Islamic preachers among 12 get life imprisonment in illegal religious conversion case
3 months, 1 week ago

Islamic preachers among 12 get life imprisonment in illegal religious conversion case

Hindustan Times  

A special NIA-Anti-Terrorist Squad court in Lucknow on Wednesday awarded life sentence to Islamic preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui, Islamic Da'wah Centre founder Mohammed Umar Gautam and 10 others in a 2021 case of illegal religious conversion, PTI reported. Among the twelve accused, four others were also sentenced to 10-years in prison under UP Prohibition of Religious Conversion Act 2021, the …

UP 'Anti-Conversion' Law Seeks To Sustain Spirit Of Secularism; Religious Freedom Doesn't Include Collective Right To Proselytize: Allahabad HC
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 1 week 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 …

How is UP's anti-conversion or 'Love Jihad' bill different from other Indian states? Explained
4 months, 3 weeks ago

How is UP's anti-conversion or 'Love Jihad' bill different from other Indian states? Explained

India TV News  

The Anti-Conversion Bill is a legislative measure aimed at regulating religious conversions. List of states that implemented the anti-conversion law Uttar Pradesh Odisha Madhya Pradesh Haryana Gujarat Chhattisgarh Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Karnataka Uttarakhand UTTAR PRADESH Last month on July 30, the Uttar Pradesh Assembly passed a bill to amend the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act-2021, making the law …

Love Jihad in UP: Muslim youth marries Hindu girl under false pretences; converts her and feeds her beef
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Love Jihad in UP: Muslim youth marries Hindu girl under false pretences; converts her and feeds her beef

Op India  

A shocking case of love jihad has come to light in Uttar Pradesh where a young Muslim man first trapped a Hindu girl from Bihar into love jihad by lying about his identity, started a romantic relationship with her and then brought her to Bareilly’s Dargah-e-Aala Hazrat. The matter pertains to Sunni Nagar of the Baheri police station area. When …

Allahabad HC upholds interfaith couples’ right to Special Marriage Act without conversion
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Allahabad HC upholds interfaith couples’ right to Special Marriage Act without conversion

Hindustan Times  

While granting protection to an interfaith live-in couple facing threats, the Allahabad high court observed that the law permits interfaith couples to marry under the Special Marriage Act without conversion. Allahabad High Court The court observed, “Interfaith couples who choose not to convert for marriage can register their union under the Special Marriage Act.” Justice Jyotsna Sharma made this observation …

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

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

Live Law  

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

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

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

Live Law  

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

Some Muslim Families Are Fleeing Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi. What Led To This?
1 year, 6 months ago

Some Muslim Families Are Fleeing Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi. What Led To This?

The Quint  

On 26 May, two men, Jitendra Saini and Ubaid Khan, were caught with a minor girl in Uttarkashi’s Purola town, allegedly trying to kidnap her. The girl was sent back home and the two men were arrested by the police and charged under IPC sections 363 366A as well as under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Even …

OPINION | HOW TO PREVENT ‘LOVE JIHAD’
1 year, 6 months ago

OPINION | HOW TO PREVENT ‘LOVE JIHAD’

India TV News  

LOVE JIHAD : Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s youth outfit Bajrang Dal has announced that it would set up “Anti-Romeo Force” to protect Hindu daughters if police fails to stop incidents of ‘love jihad’. After a jilted Muslim lover Sahil stabbed a Hindu girl Sakshi to death, it was found that he was wearing ‘kalaava’ and a ‘rudraksh mala’ to fool the …

Uttarakhand: US Nagar police book five under anti-conversion law
1 year, 8 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” …

BJP MLC Demands Law Against ‘Love Jihad’ in Maharashtra, Fadnavis Says Govt Mulling Legal Solution
1 year, 8 months ago

BJP MLC Demands Law Against ‘Love Jihad’ in Maharashtra, Fadnavis Says Govt Mulling Legal Solution

News 18  

Worried about alleged forced religious conversions in rural Maharashtra, BJP MLC Gopichand Padalkar has demanded an anti-conversion law in the Legislative Council. Speaking in the Legislative Council, Padalkar said that for the past few months, the Hindu Garjana group has been organising protests across the state against so-called ‘love jihad’, and alleged cow slaughter. In response, deputy chief minister Fadnavis …

Fadnavis suspects ‘design’ behind ‘love jihad’ cases, plans legal remedy
1 year, 9 months ago

Fadnavis suspects ‘design’ behind ‘love jihad’ cases, plans legal remedy

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: While clarifying that his government had no opposition to interfaith marriage by mutual understanding, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday declared that “prima facie” there was a design behind the alleged ‘love jihad’ cases in the state. It is the duty of the government to take cognisance of this and take proper action since the majority of people …

Surat court rejects bail plea of love jihad accused: Details
1 year, 11 months ago

Surat court rejects bail plea of love jihad accused: Details

Op India  

A local court in Surat denied bail to a 51-year-old man called Muhammad Samat Ali Sheikh who had disguised himself as Mukesh Mahavir Gupta and married a Hindu girl from the Dindili region. The menace of Love Jihad has been rapidly spreading its tentacles across many parts of the country, where vulnerable Hindu women are being targeted by Muslim men, …

Onus of Proving Innocence on Convert's Partner, Haryana Notifies Rules to Implement 'Love Jihad' Law
2 years ago

Onus of Proving Innocence on Convert's Partner, Haryana Notifies Rules to Implement 'Love Jihad' Law

News 18  

A Haryana resident opting for religious conversion will have to bring his/her partner to prove that the conversion was not “forced or done under threat or undue influence”. According to the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Rules, 2022, “the burden of proving innocence that the conversion was not affected through misrepresentation, use of force, under threat, undue influence, …

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 …

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

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 …

Kerala HC declines 'love jihad' plea after Christian woman marries Muslim man
2 years, 8 months ago

Kerala HC declines 'love jihad' plea after Christian woman marries Muslim man

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday declined to interfere in the marriage of a Christian woman to a Muslim man, observing 'she has taken a decision. The appeal against the marriage - alleged as a case of 'love jihad' - was filed by the woman's father, who told the court his daughter had been illegally detained and filed a habeas …

Abetting Conversion Online, Allurement by Schools an Offence: New Bill Before Haryana Assembly
2 years, 9 months ago

Abetting Conversion Online, Allurement by Schools an Offence: New Bill Before Haryana Assembly

News 18  

Abetting conversion through digital means, “allurement” by religious body-run schools, annulment of marriage that conceals one’s religion are some of the tough provisions included in the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2022, which is expected to come up for discussion during the ongoing Budget session of the Haryana assembly, which will conclude on March 22. The conversion …

Heartbreak, wasted policing, injustice: ‘Love jihad’ law fuels hate
2 years, 11 months ago

Heartbreak, wasted policing, injustice: ‘Love jihad’ law fuels hate

Hindustan Times  

They met in Bhopal in April 2019. 56 cases have been registered as love jihad against people after elopement, rape, marriage and using fake identity with an intention of conversion,” said Rajesh Rajora, additional chief secretary at the state’s home department. “In most cases of a love affair, the woman hides this from her family so there is a dearth …

Interfaith Marriage Registration Can't Be Refused By Insisting On Conversion Approval: Allahabad HC Affirms Right To Choose Partners
3 years, 1 month ago

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

Live Law  

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

Watch: Video of street play based on the theme of Muslim man murdering a Hindu woman after his deceit fails to work goes viral
3 years, 2 months ago

Watch: Video of street play based on the theme of Muslim man murdering a Hindu woman after his deceit fails to work goes viral

Op India  

On October 12, a video of a street play based on the theme of a romantic relationship by deceitful means went viral on social media. सभी गरबा/डांडिया व दुर्गा पूजा पांडालों में ऐसे थीम बनाए जाएं ताकि न सिर्फ सनातन की पवित्रता बची रहे बल्कि हमारी बहन बेटियां भी लव ज़िहाद से बची रहें. Such presentations will help in preventing …

Uttarakhand police propose 10-year imprisonment for mass conversions
3 years, 2 months ago

Uttarakhand police propose 10-year imprisonment for mass conversions

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand Police have proposed making mass conversions punishable by up to 10-year imprisonment and ₹25,000 fine through an amendment to the state’s anti-conversion law passed in 2018, people aware of the matter said. The proposal has been made in a report submitted last week after chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met top police officers and sought suggestions on how …

Man moves Gujarat HC after police 'refuse' to register case under anti-conversion law
3 years, 2 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, …

Why was the Gujarat anti-conversion law stayed?
3 years, 3 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, 3 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, 4 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 …

Grooming Jihad in Gujarat: Akhtar poses as Mukesh to marry Hindu girl
3 years, 4 months ago

Grooming Jihad in Gujarat: Akhtar poses as Mukesh to marry Hindu girl

Op India  

In yet another case of grooming jihad, a 50-year-old Muslim man lured and impregnated a young Hindu girl using a false identity and also tried to convert her to Islam. Victim discovered the ‘real identity’ of the accused through his Aadhar card Akhtar also solicited ₹12 lakh from the family members of the girl under the pretext of landing her …

Sikh community demands law after reports of woman's forced conversion, marriage to Muslim man: All you need to know
3 years, 5 months ago

Sikh community demands law after reports of woman's forced conversion, marriage to Muslim man: All you need to know

Firstpost  

Members of the Sikh community took to the streets in Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur, Reasi, Srinagar and Anantnag, and blocked highways in some areas Shiromani Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa alleged on Tuesday that four Sikh women were forcibly married and converted to Islam in Kashmir recently and demanded that they be returned to their families as well as a …

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 …

Law against conversion through marriage comes into force in Gujarat
3 years, 6 months ago

Law against conversion through marriage comes into force in Gujarat

India TV News  

A law which provides stringent punishment for forcible or fraudulent religious conversion through marriage came into force in Gujarat from Tuesday, an official said. Governor Acharya Devvrat had on May 22 given his assent to the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, which provides for imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of Rs 5 lakh in certain …

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, …

Gujarat Assembly Passes Freedom Of Religion Amendment Bill 2021
3 years, 8 months ago

Gujarat Assembly Passes Freedom Of Religion Amendment Bill 2021

Live Law  

The Gujarat Assembly on Thursday passed the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Bill 2021 which seeks to penalize forcible or fraudulent religious conversion by marriage and would amend the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003.The Bill has been passed along the lines of similar Laws passed by the State of Madhya Pradesh and the State of Uttar Pradesh.The Bill proposes to …

Gujarat Assembly Passes 'Love Jihad' Bill Penalising Fraudulent Religious Conversion By Marriage
3 years, 8 months ago

Gujarat Assembly Passes 'Love Jihad' Bill Penalising Fraudulent Religious Conversion By Marriage

ABP News  

Gandhinagar: Following suit with Uttar Pardesh, the Gujarat Government passed a bill to amend the 'Dharma Swatantrya' Act, 2003 which aims to combat forceful religious conversions, better known as `Love Jihad`, on the concluding day of the ongoing Budget session on Thursday. Tabled by the ruling BJP, the amendment seeks to prohibit and punish religious conversion promising a better lifestyle, …

Gujarat Assembly passes ‘love jihad’ law
3 years, 8 months ago

Gujarat Assembly passes ‘love jihad’ law

The Hindu  

The Gujarat Assembly on Thursday passed the Freedom of Religion Act, 2003 amendment Bill that seeks to penalise forcible or fraudulent religious conversion by marriage or “love jihad”, bringing in stringent provisions against forcible conversion through marriage or allurement. The Bill amends a 2003 Act, and seeks to curb the “emerging trend in which women are lured to marriage for …

After MP, UP, Gujarat Govt Likely to Table Bill Against 'Love Jihad' Today
3 years, 8 months ago

After MP, UP, Gujarat Govt Likely to Table Bill Against 'Love Jihad' Today

News 18  

As the Gujarat assembly budget nears the end, the incumbent government is likely to introduce a Bill seeking to penalise forcible or fraudulent religious conversion by marriage on Wednesday. The Bill amends a 2003 Act, and seeks to curb the “emerging trend in which women are lured to marriage for the purpose of religious conversion” as per its “statement of …

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 …

Hindus Being Tricked into Marriage by Love Jihad, Says Metro Man E Sreedharan Ahead of Joining BJP
3 years, 10 months ago

Hindus Being Tricked into Marriage by Love Jihad, Says Metro Man E Sreedharan Ahead of Joining BJP

News 18  

E Sreedharan, popularly known as the “Metro Man” of India on Friday said that he was opposed to the notion of ‘love jihad’ because he has seen Hindu girls in Kerala being tricked into marriage. Now that sort of a thing I certainly will oppose,” Sreedharan told NDTV in response to a question on ‘love jihad’. Sreedharan comments come when …

Love Jihad -CJP Moves Supreme Court Challenging Himachal Pradesh And Madhya Pradesh Anti-Conversion Laws
3 years, 10 months ago

Love Jihad -CJP Moves Supreme Court Challenging Himachal Pradesh And Madhya Pradesh Anti-Conversion Laws

Live Law  

Citizens for Justice and Peace has approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to challenge Love-jihad laws passed by Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in its plea challenging the laws made by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand against religious conversions for the sake of marriages. The petitioner seeks to make the inclusion after being informed that the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion …

Punjab and Haryana HC uphold Sharia law, declares Muslim woman's marriage with lover illegal
3 years, 10 months ago

Punjab and Haryana HC uphold Sharia law, declares Muslim woman's marriage with lover illegal

Op India  

While hearing a petition filed by a Muslim couple from Mewat district in Haryana seeking protection, the Punjab and Haryana High Court declared their marriage illegal citing the Muslim personal law. A Muslim man can have multiple wives without divorce, but a woman will need to divorce her husband first: HC The couple was reportedly facing threats from their family …

No plans to bring national anti-conversion law: Govt
3 years, 10 months ago

No plans to bring national anti-conversion law: Govt

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has no plans to bring a nationwide anti conversion law to regulate interfaith marriages in the country, the ministry of home affairs told Parliament on Tuesday. Union minister of state of home affairs G Kishan Reddy said issues related to religious conversions are primarily the concern of state governments. The government’s response comes at a time anti-conversion laws …

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 …

No plans, says Centre on enacting anti-conversion law to check interfaith marriages
3 years, 10 months ago

No plans, says Centre on enacting anti-conversion law to check interfaith marriages

India Today  

At a time when several BJP-ruled states have enacted laws to curb interfaith marriages, the central government on Tuesday informed Parliament that it has no plans to enact a central law for this purpose. MoS GK Reddy said in a written question that the central government has no plans to enact a central anti-conversion law to curb interfaith marriages. He …

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 …

India’s ‘love jihad’ laws: Another attempt to subjugate Muslims
3 years, 11 months ago

India’s ‘love jihad’ laws: Another attempt to subjugate Muslims

Al Jazeera  

The new anti-conversion laws not only remove agency from women, but also put a target on the backs of innocent Muslim men and boys. On January 6, the Supreme Court of India declined to stay controversial laws recently enacted in several states to tackle “love jihad” – a baseless conspiracy theory accusing Muslim men of luring Hindu women into marriage …

Religious Conversion For Marriage Not Exercise Of Choice When It Is Due To Compulsion Of Personal Law: UP Govt Defends 'Love Jihad' Ordinance
3 years, 11 months ago

Religious Conversion For Marriage Not Exercise Of Choice When It Is Due To Compulsion Of Personal Law: UP Govt Defends 'Love Jihad' Ordinance

Live Law  

The UP Government on Thursday filed a counter affidavit in response to a batch of PILs challenging its controversial Love-Jihad Ordinance. "Here again there is exercise of freedom of choice but there is loss of dignity and the conversion is not exercised account of compulsion due to personal law intervening", the affidavit said. "Right To Choose A Partner Of Choice …

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 …

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