Instances of disrespect shown to the national flag, constitution and the National Anthem, prompted Parliament to enact prevention of insults to the National Honour Act, 1971.
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Lame Duck – A Peril | Chittarvu Raghu
Friday 15 January 2021
by Chittarvu Raghu
The United States election process requires the Congress to validate the election of the President. Congress is a bicameral legislature, the Senate being the upper house and the House of Representatives the lower house.
A raucous mob raided the capitol building displaying pro-Trump slogans and managed to enter the Senate chamber at the time when the election results were being certified. Obviously it shows that the intention was to prevent the congress from certifying election of Joe Biden. An impeachment motion was moved in the House of Representatives invoking 25th amendment of the constitution. Mr. Trump ‘the lame duck’ President shall renounce the office within eight days. Still the move was made to protect the basic American constitutional principles.
Chittarvu Raghu
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The Governor of Uttar Pradesh has promulgated an ordinance called as The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 . It has been promulgated to provide for prohibition of unlawful conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The emphasis is on the prohibition of unlawful conversion from one religion to another. The conversion is unlawful if it is due to allurement, coercion etc., and also by marriage. The first part relates to conversion dehors marriage and the second part relates to conversion solely due to marriage. The unlawful conversion is defined as any conversion not in accordance with law of the land. However, the ordinance is silent with regard to the nature of law governing conversion from one religion to