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Goa cabinet clears anti-conversion bill, to be tabled in upcoming assembly sessionGoa's cabinet has approved a bill against religious conversion, proposing stringent penalties. This bill will be tabled in the state assemb...
Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act to come into force on August 28: What changesMaharashtra's Freedom of Religion Act, 2026 will take effect on August 28. This legislation prohibits religious conversions through coercio...
HC orders father, govt to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation to two Bhatia sisters who converted to Islam, says they are free to live with anyoneThe Allahabad High Court has ordered the father of two adult sisters and the Uttar Pradesh government to jointly pay Rs 25 lakh compensatio...
Supreme Court agrees to hear plea challenging validity of Rajasthan's anti-conversion lawThe Supreme Court will hear a plea challenging the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2025. The court has issued...
Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026 introduced in assemblyAs per the Bill, those involved in unlawful conversions on the pretext of marriage will be punished with imprisonment of seven years and sh...
SC seeks UP govt reply on plea against amended law on religious conversionThe Supreme Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to respond to a petition. This petition challenges parts of the 2024 amendment to ...
Supreme Court expunges Allahabad HC's remark on religious conversions, grants bail to accusedThe Supreme Court has expunged remarks made by the Allahabad High Court about religious conversions potentially turning the majority popula...
Right to religious freedom isn't for conversions: Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court denied bail to a man accused of unlawful religious conversion, emphasizing the 2021 Act aimed at maintaining secul...
Religious freedom does not include collective right to convert others: Allahabad High CourtThe Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of a person accused of forcibly converting a girl to Islam and sexually exploiti...
Life term and easier FIR in UP's stricter anti-love jihad lawThe Uttar Pradesh Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday that amends the Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, increasing the maximum punishment ...
Uttar Pradesh introduces severe penalties for 'love jihad' - find out moreThe UP Assembly approved an amendment to its 'love jihad' law, imposing life imprisonment and a Rs 5 lakh fine for forced conversions. Prop...
UP Assembly to take up for consideration bill to amend Unlawful Conversion of Religion ActChief Minister Yogi Adityanath had taken this initiative with the intention of curbing 'love jihad', a term confined by Hindu outfit for al...
"Majority will become minority...": HC raises concerns over religious conversion gatheringsThe Allahabad High Court recently expressed serious concerns regarding religious conversion gatherings, highlighting the potential demograp...
UP conversion case: Key accused Shahnawaz Khan sent to 14-days judicial custodyShanawaz Khan, the main accused in the Ghaziabad gaming app conversion racket, has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a Ghaziabad...
Do away with caste and regional discrimination for nation's progress, says Adityanath; hails UP's anti-conversion lawThe UP CM was speaking at the 'Banjara Kumbh 2023' event in Jamner in Jalgaon district, some 415 kilometres from here. A large number of le...
Meerut police files FIR against 9 for religious conversionIn the FIR, it has been stated that when it became difficult for these daily wagers to earn during the Covid-19 lockdown, some better-off p...
UP house passes Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Bill, 2020The government claimed the Act will check ‘love jihad’. The bill replaces the ordinance promulgated by governor Anandiben Patel last Novemb...
UP's anti-conversion law cannot be sustained, contains many defects, says ex-SC judge Madan B Lokur"The Constitution says Ordinance can be passed if there is a need for immediate action. What is the need for immediate action to pass it wh...
The UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, explainedThe Uttar Pradesh government last month approved the draft of a stringent law to deal with religious conversion for the sake of marriage, w...
Made marriage law because women were complaining of forced conversion, says Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi AdityanathThe Uttar Pradesh government's Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance has drawn flak from across the country, but Uttar P...