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 relating to conversion of marriage and acceptability of marriage in terms of personal laws or municipal laws are matters on which the policy-making instrument would not be the judiciary." The Uttar Pradesh Government, in November 2020, came up with the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020. In related news, in a protection plea filed by an interfaith couple, the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed that the marriage between a Muslim woman and a Hindu man won't be valid as the bride didn't convert to Hindu religion before the solemnization of marriage in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies.

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‘Death penalty’: CM Mohan Yadav says govt to enforce stricter provisions for religious conversion of girls
1 week, 5 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 …

Will make provision of death penalty for religious conversion of girls, says CM Mohan Yadav
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1 week, 5 days ago

Will make provision of death penalty for religious conversion of girls, says CM Mohan Yadav

The Hindu  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Saturday that his government would make a provision for the death penalty for religious conversion of girls, along the lines of punishment for 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,” he said. “After death …

'Provision for death penalty for religious conversion of girls': Madhya Pradesh CM Yadav
1 week, 6 days ago

'Provision for death penalty for religious conversion of girls': Madhya Pradesh CM Yadav

New Indian Express  

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Saturday that his government would make a provision for the death penalty for religious conversion of girls, along the lines of punishment for 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," he said. Later, …

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

Why anti-conversion bill in Rajasthan is being seen as govt toeing BJP line
1 month, 1 week ago

Why anti-conversion bill in Rajasthan is being seen as govt toeing BJP line

India Today  

The Bhajan Lal Sharma government in Rajasthan has presented an anti-conversion bill in the ongoing budget session of the legislative assembly. The bill, introduced by state health minister Gajendra Singh Khimswar, provides for up to 10 years’ imprisonment for those forcing anyone to convert or conducting mass conversions. While the Left parties consider tribal people as having an independent religion, …

Anti-conversion bill tabled during budget session in Rajasthan: All you need to know about the bill
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Anti-conversion bill tabled during budget session in Rajasthan: All you need to know about the bill

Op India  

On Monday, 3rd February, the Bhajan Lal Sharma-led Rajasthan Government tabled the ‘Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill 2025’ during the budget session in the state assembly. As per the bill, any person who is found guilty of practising forceful religious conversion shall be punished with a jail term of 2 to 10 years. Vishnoi says, "… This …

Anti-conversion bill tabled in Rajasthan Assembly to curb forced 'religious conversions' | Key pointers
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Anti-conversion bill tabled in Rajasthan Assembly to curb forced 'religious conversions' | Key pointers

India TV News  

Rajasthan anti-conversion bill: The Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2025 was introduced in the ongoing Budget Session of the state Assembly on Monday. The Bill is aimed at prohibiting unlawful conversion from one religion to another and has provisions for imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine of up to Rs 50,000. The Rajasthan Cabinet …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Aids Interfaith Couple, Says There's No Bar On Muslim Boy Marrying Hindu Girl U/S 4 Of Special Marriage Act
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Aids Interfaith Couple, Says There's No Bar On Muslim Boy Marrying Hindu Girl U/S 4 Of Special Marriage Act

Live Law  

Coming to the aid of an interfaith couple, the Jabalpur Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the state to facilitate the marriage of a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy before the marriage officer. In doing so, the court said that there is no prohibition to inter-faith marriage under Section 4 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954. However, the …

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

‘UP’s anti-conversion law aims to uphold spirit of secularism': Allahabad HC

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh's stringent anti-conversion law aims to 'uphold the spirit of secularism,' a single-judge bench of the Allahabad high court observed on Tuesday, as it rejected the bail plea of a man booked for allegedly forcing a girl to convert to Islam. In his bail plea, Azeem, the accused, claimed having been ‘falsely implicated.’ He also asserted that the girl …

UP 'Anti-Conversion' Law Seeks To Sustain Spirit Of Secularism; Religious Freedom Doesn't Include Collective Right To Proselytize: Allahabad HC
7 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
7 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
7 months, 2 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 …

Be cautious on conversion laws
7 months, 2 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 …

Yogi govt tables new anti-conversion bill with life term provision
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Yogi govt tables new anti-conversion bill with life term provision

Hindustan Times  

The Yogi Adityanath government on Monday tabled the Uttar Pradesh Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill 2024 to make stricter and non-bailable provisions, increase the punishment and fine under the existing law to check unlawful religious conversions in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath with deputy CM Brajesh Pathak and Speaker Satish Mahana arrives to attend the Monsoon session of …

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

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

India TV News  

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

'India's Majority Population Will Be Minority If...': Allahabad HC On Religious Conversions
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'India's Majority Population Will Be Minority If...': Allahabad HC On Religious Conversions

News 18  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday observed that if the current trend of religious conversions carries on then the majority of India’s population will find itself in the minority one day. Hearing the bail plea of a person, who is accused of taking people from a village in Uttar Pradesh to a religious congregation in the name of the ceremony …

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 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. …

Gujarat govt notice requires Hindus to seek permission for converting to Buddhism
11 months, 1 week 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 …

UP 'Anti-Conversion' Law Applicable To Live-In Relationships Too: Allahabad High Court
11 months, 2 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 …

Indian state strikes down controversial colonial-era law that allowed Muslim child marriage
1 year ago

Indian state strikes down controversial colonial-era law that allowed Muslim child marriage

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Indian state of Assam …

Chhattisgarh: Anti-conversion Bill to be Tabled in Budget Session
1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh: Anti-conversion Bill to be Tabled in Budget Session

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: A new Bill providing a minimum of two years and maximum of ten years in jail to those, who illegally convert the minors, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, is going to be tabled in the current budget session of Chhattisgarh assembly. The draft legislation, christened Chhattisgarh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, also provides that for mass conversion, the …

Legally Speaking | Are laws that prevent forced conversions really about freedom to practise religion?
1 year, 1 month ago

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

Hindustan Times  

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

Person Converting Religion For Marriage Must Be Informed Of Legal Consequences Like Inheritance, Maintenance: Delhi HC Issues Directions
1 year, 2 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 …

Law and custom: On the Supreme Court’s verdict on same-sex marriage
1 year, 5 months ago

Law and custom: On the Supreme Court’s verdict on same-sex marriage

The Hindu  

​ The Supreme Court of India’s refusal to accord legal recognition to marriages between persons of the same sex is a huge legal setback to the queer community in the country. Given the progress in law in recent years and the deepening of the meaning of individual rights, there was widespread expectation that the five-judge Constitution Bench would give the …

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 …

Political Storm Over Religious Conversions: Does India Need a National Law? - News18
1 year, 9 months ago

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

News 18  

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

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 …

SMA rules must be reconsidered
1 year, 10 months ago

SMA rules must be reconsidered

Hindustan Times  

The fractious question of interfaith relationships was first legislated in India in the second half of the 19th century as sweeping reformist movements such as Brahmo Samaj petitioned the British government to find a path forward for couples separated by religion, and the diktat of their strict customary laws. From the swirling debate around the reformation of the Hindu personal …

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” …

The right to propagate religion cannot lead to undermining of faiths
2 years, 1 month ago

The right to propagate religion cannot lead to undermining of faiths

Hindustan Times  

Even as the vexed issue of religious conversions is being heard in the Supreme Court, it continues to roil the country, as Mahatma Gandhi had once warned. On January 2, a church was vandalised, and six police personnel, including a senior police officer, were injured in Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh, during a protest by a group of tribespeople against an …

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 …

Women, children main targets of foreign-funded religious conversions, PIL petitioner tells SC
2 years, 3 months ago

Women, children main targets of foreign-funded religious conversions, PIL petitioner tells SC

India TV News  

Delhi: Women and children are the main targets of 'foreign-funded' religious conversion in the country and the Centre and state governments have failed to take appropriate steps to check it, the Supreme Court has been told. In a written submission filed before a bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar which is hearing a plea against religious …

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 …

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, 3 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 …

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Petitions Challenging State Laws On Religious Conversion
2 years, 3 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 …

Why Madhya Pradesh is moving SC over the law that wants to make conversion illegal
2 years, 3 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 …

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 …

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