SC Asks Petitioner to Approach MP High Court on Plea Against Religious Conversion Law
The top court had also refused to hear some other pleas on the issue in past.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging the validity of controversial Madhya Pradesh ordinance regulating conversions due to inter-faith marriages.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde asked petitioner lawyer Vishal Thakre to go to the Madhya Pradesh high court in the proceedings conducted through video conferencing.
“Approach the Madhya Pradesh high court. We would like to have the views of the high court. We have sent similar matters back to the high court,” said the bench which also comprised Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian.
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On Saturday, an ordinance which penalizes religious conversions was accorded assent by Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel.
The ordinance penalizes religious conversions through fraudulent means including those for the sake of marriage.
The Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2020, provides for ten years in jail in some cases. It has several provisions that are similar to the ordinance issued by the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh against fraudulent conversions.
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Two days after a case was lodged against three Muslim men for the alleged forcible religious conversion of a 24-year-old woman in this Uttar Pradesh district, police on Sunday said they were incorrectly framed. (Representational Image)
The Madhya Pradesh government Tuesday approved the
Freedom to Religion Bill 2020 as an ordinance in a special cabinet session, after which it was sent to the Governor for her nod.