Guarantee alimony or maintenance for women forced to marry for the purpose of religious conversion and a provision to declare such marriages null and void are some of the clauses that will be part Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2020, which will be discussed in a special Cabinet session …
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Written by Asad Rehman, Jignasa Sinha | Lucknow, New Delhi | Updated: December 20, 2020 11:54:24 am Rashid Ali and Saleem Ali with their family after their release in the Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. (Express photo) A 22-year-old man detained under Uttar Pradesh’s new anti-conversion law in …
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A 22-year-old pregnant woman who was arrested in an alleged ‘Love Jihad’ case in the Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh has denounced torture by the authorities and said she was administered injections at a district hospital that led to her abortion. . The young woman named Pinki was three to …
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Written by Manish Sahu | Lucknow | December 15, 2020 4:33:19 am Speaking to reporters after Rashid’s arrest on Saturday morning, Pinki, who is three months pregnant, had said that the two were going to register their marriage when the police caught them. Rashid’s older brother, Saleem, 25, who was …
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File photo of Uttar Pradesh police officers inside a police station. (Reuters) According to the complaint, the accused threatened to kill her and on November 28 a lawsuit was filed against Owais under the Uttar Pradesh Law against Forced Conversion. News18.com Last update: December 3, 2020 10:12 AM IST Edited …
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New Delhi: Hours after Governor Anandiben Patel enacted the controversial Uttar Pradesh Illegal Conversion of Religion Prohibition Ordinance, 2020, the state police filed the first case in Bareilly. But questions are already being asked about the case, which seems tailor-made to justify the swift enactment of the law. In an …
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The legislation provides penalties of up to 10 years in prison if it is determined that the conversion is carried out by marriage or by force. Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel issued an ordinance on the illegal conversion days after it was approved by the state cabinet led by Yogi …
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The legislation provides penalties of up to 10 years in prison if it is determined that the conversion is carried out by marriage or by force. Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel issued an ordinance on the illegal conversion days after it was approved by the state cabinet led by Yogi …
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LUCKNOW: Giving legal force to your promise to crack down on forced conversions amid a spiraling dispute over “love jihad,” Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his cabinet approved the UP ordinance on Tuesday Prohibiting Illegal Religious Conversion. The law makes forced religious conversion punishable in the state with …
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