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When Family Becomes Custody: Allahabad HC holds adult women’s faith, residence and liberty cannot be placed under parental control
Holding that an alleged unlawful conversion cannot become a licence for private confinement, the Court separates the legality of religious conversion from the legality of detention—and holds the father and Uttar Pradesh State jointly liable for ₹25 lakh in constitutional compensation
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Image Courtesy:thehindu.comThe Supreme Court Wednesday granted bail to 21...
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Here is the full text of the activist's letter to the Commissioner of Police, Delhi alleging acquaintances are being coerced into making statements implicating Khalid.
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