Tag: Religious Conversion

A bench of Justices MR Shah and Ravinndra Bhat also stated that they would consider all interventions, those filed by Kerala Rationalist Association, some Christian organisations including activist John Dayal and former planning commission member Dr Syeda Hameed

The Court refused to entertain objections raised against the maintainability of a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking steps against forced religious conversion, despite the fact that established law precludes a petitioner who has petitioned courts as many as four times is not entitled to do so, again

The case registered under MP Freedom of Religion Act was registered after duping the “converted” man into signing some papers. It is  unclear however, who forced him to sign the papers on basis of which the case was lodged in the first place

The court observed that the girl was a major and was in a relationship with the accused and accompanied him to the hotel room on her own will

The Amendment Bill proposes to consider promises of a better lifestyle and divine blessings as allurement towards religious conversion

The amendment bill proposes to consider promises of a better lifestyle and divine blessings as allurement towards religious conversion, and hence punishable.

The complainant alleged that she was taken to a community hall by her parents for forcible conversion, against her will

The Police have claimed that the three men were conducting a prayer at the house of one Tribhuvan Yadav for this purpose

The court referred to the Special Marriage Act as a solution to people professing different faiths

The Kerala government will be ultimately held responsible for...