The Madhya Pradesh government approved the Draft Law on Freedom of Religion 2020 as an ordinance in a special session of the cabinet, after which it was sent to the governor for his assent. The state government has taken the ordinance route as has the Uttar Pradesh government to erase …
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Written by Sofi Ahsan | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 7:34:35 am While declining the couple’s statement, Judge Anu Malhotra said Wednesday that the sentences “are in the realm of speculation” and “currently no such orders can be granted in relation to them.” “We could not have gotten …
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A Muslim and his brother, arrested in the Love Jihad case, were released from jail after two weeks. Moradabad, ABOVE: A Muslim and his brother, arrested and imprisoned under Uttar Pradesh’s new law against “illegal” conversion, were released this morning after spending nearly two weeks in prison in the Moradabad …
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Written by Apurva Vishwanath | Bangalore | December 2, 2020 4:39:22 am Section 3 of the Ordinance, considered as a model by many states governed by the BJP, prohibits any illegal conversion and conversion generally for marriage. Shifting the burden of proof of a legal religious conversion from the convert …
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Written by Maulshree Seth | Lucknow | Updated: November 25, 2020 8:23:19 am The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Aditynath. (Archive) UTTAR Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday authorized a draft ordinance to control “illegal religious conversions” and “interreligious marriages with the sole intention of changing a girl’s religion”, with a …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 24, 2020 7:48:56 pm Uttar Pradesh Prime Minister Yogi Aditynath. (Archive) The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday approved the draft of a strict law to control illegal conversions, which BJP leaders refer to as “love jihad”, in the state. The …
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