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

Plea in Supreme Court against Ordinances on religious conversion

The Hindu  

A petition was filed on Thursday in the Supreme Court to declare two ordinances, passed separately by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, criminalising religious conversion through marriage as unconstitutional. Two advocates and a law researcher have approached the court against the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition Of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018. Advocates Vishal Thakre, A.S. Yadav and researcher, Pranvesh, represented by advocates Sanjeev Malhotra and Pradeep Kumar Yadav, said the ordinances go against the fundamental right to personal liberty, dignity and choice of companion. The petition said the court should direct the States to arrest their implementation as these laws were against public policy and the society at large.

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

'Police Being Biased' : Supreme Court Rebukes UP Police For Wrong Application Of Conversion Law
1 week, 3 days ago

'Police Being Biased' : Supreme Court Rebukes UP Police For Wrong Application Of Conversion Law

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today rebuked the Uttar Pradesh Police for arbitrarily handling an alleged case of rape where the offences under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 have been invoked. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a bail plea filed by the petitioner who is accused in a case …

‘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, 2 weeks ago

New UP conversion law reinforces curtailment of citizens’ rights

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh, no stranger to draconian state action against the citizenry, just got a harsher upgrade on a law that was already skating on the thin ice of unconstitutionality. Article 25 in Part III of the Constitution, which delineates ‘Fundamental Rights’, provides that ‘… all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice …

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

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

In Process Of Bringing Anti-Conversion Law : Rajasthan Govt Tells Supreme Court
9 months, 1 week ago

In Process Of Bringing Anti-Conversion Law : Rajasthan Govt Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The State of Rajasthan has informed the Supreme Court that it is in the process of making an anti-conversion law. In an affidavit filed in response to a PIL seeking to prevent fraudulent and forceful religious conversions, the State submitted that it does not have any specific legislation dealing with religious conversions.However, the State submitted that it "is in 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 …

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 …

Two arrested under anti-conversion law in Uttarakhand: Police
1 year, 9 months ago

Two arrested under anti-conversion law in Uttarakhand: Police

Hindustan Times  

Two persons were arrested under the anti-conversion law in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar, police said. A case in this regard was registered under sections 3 and 5 of the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act 2018 at Kichha police station. Dhirendra Kumar, Kichha police station in-charge, said, “On the complaint of a gram pradhan, we registered the case on Saturday and …

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” …

Attorney General raises serious objections to filing of petitions in SC against States’ religious conversion laws
2 years, 2 months ago

Attorney General raises serious objections to filing of petitions in SC against States’ religious conversion laws

The Hindu  

Attorney General R. Venkataramani on Monday in the Supreme Court raised serious objections to petitions being filed in the Supreme Court against various States’ religious conversion laws. The government has also opposed the locus of Citizens for Justice and Peace, an NGO associated with activist Teesta Setalvad, in approaching the apex court against religious conversion laws. One of the main …

Religious conversion: Supreme Court to hear on Feb 3 all petitions challenging state laws
2 years, 2 months ago

Religious conversion: Supreme Court to hear on Feb 3 all petitions challenging state laws

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to Friday, a batch of petitions challenging the anti-conversion laws of several states regulating religious conversion. READ | Religious conversion case: SC seeks AG’s assistance on what measures can be taken During a brief hearing, senior advocate CU Singh, representing petitioner Citizens for Justice and Peace, which had challenged the state laws, sought that …

Religious conversion a serious issue, should not be given political colour, says Supreme Court
2 years, 2 months ago

Religious conversion a serious issue, should not be given political colour, says Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on January 9, 2023 said the Tamil Nadu government prima facie was giving “political colour” to a case concerning the “very serious” issue of religious conversions through force, deceit, and allurement, which was a concern for the entire nation. Ravikumar when senior advocate P. Wilson, for Tamil Nadu, said the petitioner, advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, was a …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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

Firstpost  

The move comes after Madhya Pradesh High Court passed an interim order stopping the government from prosecuting interfaith couples who marry without giving the district magistrate a 60-day notice — mandated under Section 10 of the MP Freedom of Religion Act 2021 The Madhya Pradesh government is headed to the Supreme Court. This comes after the Madhya Pradesh High Court …

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 …

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, …

SC notice to Centre on plea seeking action against forced religious conversion
2 years, 6 months ago

SC notice to Centre on plea seeking action against forced religious conversion

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking direction to take stringent steps to control fraudulent religious conversion by “intimidation” and through “gifts and monetary benefits”. The apex court was hearing a plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking direction to the Centre and states to take stringent steps …

SC Lawyer & BJP’s Ashwini Upadhyay Urges Centre to Bring Tough Laws to Stop Forceful Religious Conversions
2 years, 6 months ago

SC Lawyer & BJP’s Ashwini Upadhyay Urges Centre to Bring Tough Laws to Stop Forceful Religious Conversions

News 18  

Supreme Court lawyer and former Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay has appealed for tough law at the Centre to deal with matters relating to marriage and forceful religious conversions. In a letter to home minister Amit Shah and law minister Kiren Rijiju on August 31, Upadhyay argued that the right to change religion is “inherent” in the right to freedom …

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 …

Karnataka Governor Signs Ordinance Against Religious Conversions
2 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka Governor Signs Ordinance Against Religious Conversions

News 18  

Karnataka governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Tuesday signed an ordinance paving the way for a proposed “anti-conversion” law in the state. The Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2022, prohibits conversion from one religion to another by “force” or “fraud”. Earlier in the day, home minister Araga Jnanendra said the state government was committed to strictly implement the …

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 …

Karnataka government plans to introduce anti-conversion law
3 years, 6 months ago

Karnataka government plans to introduce anti-conversion law

The Hindu  

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra stated in the Legislative Assembly on September 21 that the government was considering introducing an anti-conversion law to prevent forced and inducement-based religious conversions. Converting someone by offering inducements is against the law as well and I have given strict instructions to the police to take action where necessary,” Jnanendra said. The Home Minister said: …

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL For Action Against Alleged Forceful Conversion Of Hindus At Mewat Nuh, Haryana
3 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL For Action Against Alleged Forceful Conversion Of Hindus At Mewat Nuh, Haryana

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has on Monday dismissed a PIL which sought action against alleged forceful religious conversion of Hindus at District Mewat Nuh in Haryana by the Muslim Community. "Sorry, we don't think we can entertain this on the basis of news paper reports", CJI Ramana told Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, who was appearing for the petitioners. The plea has …

Petitions In Allahabad High Court Challenging 'Love Jihad' Ordinance Dismissed As Withdrawn With Liberty To Challenge Act
3 years, 9 months ago

Petitions In Allahabad High Court Challenging 'Love Jihad' Ordinance Dismissed As Withdrawn With Liberty To Challenge Act

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday asked the Petitioners challenging the constitutional validity of Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance to withdraw their petitions as infructuous, as the Ordinance has been replaced with an Act.A Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Yadav and Justice Siddhartha Varma refused to allow amendment applications and asked the. The Allahabad High Court on …

The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition Of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020: Constitutionality Of Section 8(1)
3 years, 9 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 …

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

SC Message for Bajrang Dal: Propagating Religion Is Not a Crime

The Quint  

While Article 25 grants the freedom to practise and profess religion, it doesn’t give the right to practise religious conversions. In the Stainislaus vs State of Madhya Pradesh case, while upholding the validity of anti-conversion laws of Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, the Supreme Court said, “Article 25 does not grant the right to convert other people to one’s own religion, …

Adults free to choose their faith, says Supreme Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Adults free to choose their faith, says Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Upadhyay said the Centre should be directed to comply with this direction and in the meantime, the SC may issue certain directives to check fraudulent and forcible religious conversion. The Supreme Court on Friday termed as “very harmful” a petition that asked for a strict central law to check religious conversion and observed that adults are free to …

Gujarat Assembly Passes Freedom Of Religion Amendment Bill 2021
3 years, 11 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 …

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