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Constitutional Validity Of The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition Of Unlawful Conversion Of Religion Ordinance 2020
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NGO CJP Moves Supreme Court Challenging UP & Uttarakhand s Anti-Conversion Laws In Name Of Love Jihad
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PRAYAGRAJ: A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed before the Allahabad high court challenging the constitutional validity of Uttar Pradesh Government’s ordinance against religious conversions in the name of ‘love jihad’.
An advocate, Saurabh Kumar, has moved the court stating that the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, is both morally and constitutionally invalid.
Hence, he has requested the court to declare this law as ultra vires of the Constitution. Besides, in the interim request, the petitioner has requested the court to direct the authorities not to take any coercive action in pursuance thereof.
UP Govt Ordinance Against Forceful Religious Conversion Challenged in Allahabad HC
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The ordinance by the UP government against forced religious conversion has been challenged in the Allahabad High Court. Describing the ordinance as ‘morally and constitutionally illegal’, a petition has been filed to repeal it. The writ petition, filed on behalf of Saurabh Kumar, also sought a ban on harassment under the law.
The petition alleged that CM Yogi Adityanath had given a statement on October 31 that the UP government would bring a law against Love Jihad. The CM believes that the marriage of a Hindu girl by a Muslim youth is part of a conspiracy to get converted. The single bench has declared conversion for marriage illegal. After this, this statement of CM Yogi has come.
A writ petition has been filed before the Allahabad High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the UP Government s controversial Ordinance against religious conversions in the name of love jihad .
He has urged the Court to declare this law as
ultra vires the Constitution and in the interim, direct the authorities not to take any coercive action in pursuance thereof.
On October 31, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, had made a statement that his government will bring a law against love-jihad , a term used to discredit marriages between Muslim men and Hindu women as part of a conspiracy to cause the conversion of Hindu women. During his public statement, the Chief Minister referred to a single bench judgment of the Allahabad High Court in the case
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