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Street Pressure, State Power, and the Criminalisation of Choice: How Hindutva groups are pushing Maharashtra’s anti-conversion law
From district collectorates to Assembly sessions, a coordinated campaign built on ‘love jihad’ conspiracies seek to import a legally contested, constitutionally suspect regime into Maharashtra
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UP passes draconian amendments to its anti-conversion law with stringent bail provision and maximum sentence of life imprisonment
On Tuesday, the UP legislative assembly passed the amendments to the controversial anti-conversion law that has been challenged as unconstitutional in the apex court
Allahabad HC’s recent judgement dubbed “saffron-tinged”, “fuelling fear among Christians,” says United Christian Forum
Raising a crucial question of whether “majoritarianism” is creeping into judicial pronouncements, the UCF, in a statement issued on July 4 has critiqued a July 1 judgement of the Allahabad HC that has made pronouncements on “conversions”
Anti-conversion law of Uttar Pradesh: a litany of misuse
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Since its enactment, this weaponised law, under challenge in the Supreme Court, has resulted in a series of incidents of wrongful arrests and confinement even while section 4, that stipulates only someone directly affected is a complainant, is routinely violated
Haryana cabinet approves “anti-conversion” bill
If bill gets Assembly nod in Budget Session, Haryana will become the 6th BJP-led state to pass such a law; four of these laws have been challenged by CJP before the Supreme Court
K J George pinpoints major flaws in anti-conversion Bill
Exhorts BJP Govt not to inject disharmony in society during speech on the floor of the Assembly on 23 December 2021
Karnataka becomes fifth BJP-ruled state to introduce Anti-Conversion Bill
The Bill tabled in the Assembly appears to be more stringent than the laws passed in other BJP-ruled states so far as it provides for longer terms of imprisonment and higher monetary penalties; was torn into pieces by the Opposition
UP Assembly passes anti-religious conversion Bill amid opposition
This 2021 Bill seeks to replace the Ordinance promulgated in November last year that makes conversion a non bailable and cognisable offence
Sangh Bares Fangs in Jharkhand
From calling them Vanvasi, to robbing them of Freedoms...