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5 days, 4 hours ago

Bombay High Court Asks Maha Govt To Send Hindu Boy And Muslim Girl To Newly Notified 'Safe Homes' For Interfaith & Intercaste Couples

Live Law

The Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered the Maharashtra government to make arrangements for sending a Hindu boy and Muslim girl to the State's newly notified 'Safe Homes' meant for 'interfaith' couples, for their protection. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan was seized with a petition filed by a 23-year-old Hindu boy, who was in a …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court allows interfaith couples to marry without conversion under Special Marriage Act

India TV News

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the law permits interfaith couples to marry under the Special Marriage Act without conversion. The court dismissed the argument, stating that while marriage by agreement is invalid, parties can apply for court marriage under the Special Marriage Act without conversion. However, law does not prevent the parties from applying for court marriage under …

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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 …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Interfaith marriages | As vigilante groups thrive, couples try to survive

The Hindu

In Little Angel Toys Shop in Paltan Bazar, Vikas Verma is trying to sell a pink unicorn to a customer. The couple and their families must be identified, Verma urges, and the woman, who has “fallen into the trap of ‘love jihad’, must be ‘counselled’.” The Special Marriage Act requires couples to submit a notice of intended marriage. It is …

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3 years ago

Interfaith love a risk amid India’s Hindu nationalist surge

Associated Press

BELAGAVI, India — Arbaz Mullah’s love story began, as romances often do, when he first laid eyes on the woman of his dreams, Shweta Kumbhar. While interfaith unions between Hindus and Muslims are rare in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, and other Hindu nationalists have forcefully decried what they call “love jihad.” The discredited …

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3 years, 2 months ago

In India, boy meets girl, proposes — and gets accused of jihad

NPR

In India, boy meets girl, proposes — and gets accused of jihad Enlarge this image toggle caption Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images NEW DELHI — Inside a former army barracks, Simran Sagar sings a Hindi love song as she makes tea for her fiancé on what they hoped would be their wedding day. Asia A …

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3 years, 4 months ago

HC stays parts of Gujarat's anti-conversion law to save interfaith couples from harassment

India Today

The Gujarat High Court has ordered a stay on as many as six sections of the state government's law to prevent "love jihad". The division bench of Gujarat HC also stated that its interim order is aimed at protecting interfaith couples from unnecessary harassment. READ: 'Love jihad' undefined, yet states rushing with anti-conversion laws The court passed the order upon …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Delhi govt issues SOPs for protection of inter-faith, inter-caste couples from harassment

India TV News

The Delhi government issued a Standard Operating Procedure for the protection of inter-faith and inter-caste couples from harassment and threat by setting up special cells and 24-hour helpline numbers to address their grievances and provide assistance and protection to the couples. "The Supreme Court in its judgment in a case titled Shakti Vahini Vs UOI had directed the state to …

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4 years ago

The myth of love jehad: A ploy by the BJP to polarise society for electoral gains