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K’taka Anti-Conversion Law: HC judgement sets a precedent against potential weaponisation by third-party vigilantes
Ruling that a complaint cannot be filed by an unrelated third party, the Karnataka High Court has significantly read down section 4 of the state law
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
Criminalising ‘Conversions’!
On 1 July 2024, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal of...
Allahabad High Court rejects bail plea in alleged conversion case; says Article 25 does not provide right to convert religion
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In a controversial interpretation of Article 25 of the Constitution, the single judge bench of Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said if this practice is not stopped, the “majority population of this country would be in minority one day”
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
K’taka to repeal BJP’s controversial anti-conversion law; to remove Hedgewar from textbooks
Lessons on KB Hedgewar and Savarkar to be removed from textbooks, Poem on Ambedkar re-inserted
SC: Notice issued to 5 states in challenge to ‘love jihad’ laws
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Notice was issued on CJP’s earlier petition challenging anti-conversion laws of UP and Uttarakhand, MP & HP in January 2021
Five more ‘love jihad’ laws challenged before SC
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The apex court had issued notice when CJP had challenged the anti-conversion laws of UP, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in 2021
CJP Pleas against ‘love jihad’ laws: SC seeks details on cases before HCs
Since two ordinances became laws after the plea was filed, the bench sought to clarify some facts, will hear the matter in two weeks
SC refuses to stay MP High Court order restraining coercive action under anti-conversion law
The High Court has barred the state government from using coercion against anyone who fails to intimate the DM before conversion
SC will hear petitions filed by CJP challenging controversial “anti-conversion” laws
A two-judge bench of CJI Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha is scheduled to hear PILs filed by advocate Vishal Thakre and 'Citizens for Justice and Peace', a civil rights group