The Gujarat High Court (HC), in an interim order on Aug. 19, stayed some sections pertaining to interfaith marriages of the newly enacted anti-conversion law in the State. A division bench of the court stayed the implementation of several sections of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021. TheContinue Reading
New Delhi: A week after Yogi Adityanath-led government’s new ordinance against the unlawful conversion became law, the UP police on December 2 stopped a marriage ceremony between a Muslim man and Hindu woman in Lucknow despite the consent of both the families, citing the new law. Just before the scheduledContinue Reading
Guwahati: Assam is planning a law that will require the bride and groom to declare their religion and income in official documents a month before the wedding. Against the backdrop of many other BJP-ruled states bringing in laws to check “love jihad”, the Assam government says its aim is toContinue Reading