During its interaction with the chief minister, the movie team praised the Adityanath government’s efforts to curb ‘love jihad’ and forced religious conversion in the state through its enactment of the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance.
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Passes Bill Against Love Jihad
Earlier, UP CM Adityanath had declared his govt would come out with a law to deal with love jihad & threaten those who don t respect their daughters & sisters.
| 24 Feb 2021 12:48 PM GMT
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Bill, 2021 have been passed by the Legislative Assembly by voice vote on February 24.
Under the Unlawful Conversion bill, offenders can land in jail for up to five years.
Apart from the jail term, the ordinance also has the provision of a Rs 15,000 penalty for forceful religious conversion. For conversions of minors and women of the SC/ST community, there will be a penalty of Rs 25,000 penalty and a jail term.
Inter-faith marriage laws: SC says essential to have HCs view
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New Delhi, Feb 3 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the pleas challenging the legislations against inter-faith marriage are very important, therefore it is essential to have benefits of the views of the High Courts concerned on these laws.
Senior advocate Sanjay Parikh, appearing for NGO People s Union for Civil Liberties, contended before a bench headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde that innocent people are being targeted due to these draconian laws.
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The petitioners also sought a stay on these love jihad laws, a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde replied that it would have been ideal if the petitioners had moved the respective High Courts instead of coming to the apex court.Seni