May 13, 2022 10:26 am
The Karnataka Right to Freedom of Religion Bill 2021 was passed amid objections from the opposition Congress party last December.
February 15, 2022 6:21 am
The section mandated a person who is converting another from one religion to another to seek the permission of the District Magistrate and also required the person, so converted, to inform the Magistrate about the same.
February 09, 2022 12:18 am
As per UP Police records, in one year of the ordinance being implemented, 148 cases were lodged in various police stations of the state with 359 people, including women, booked. Of them, no evidence was found against 72 people, and “clean chit” was given to them.
February 04, 2022 3:34 am
The offence was registered at the Gotri police station late Wednesday in an incident said to have taken place on January 21. Meanwhile, the woman filed a complaint against her father saying he was “trying to separate her from her husband”.
December 16, 2021 7:39 am
The Gujarat High Court had stayed eight sections of the amended Act on August 19, including section 5, which was also part of the original Act of 2003.
October 13, 2021 2:39 pm
The couple, in their plea to quash the FIR, stated that the issue has since been resolved and they wish to continue with their marital relations.
October 13, 2021 1:28 am
The complainant — a 25-year old woman married to a 21-year-old Muslim man— has already submitted the FIR registered was an “incorrect, untrue and exaggerated version of the information” given by her that “arose out of a petty and trivial domestic matrimonial dispute”.
September 24, 2021 7:04 am
They also spoke about a host of other topics, including inclusion of representatives of Christian managements in committees formed to implement the new National Education Policy
August 27, 2021 7:14 am
Section 5 states that religious priests must take prior permission from the district magistrate for converting any person.
August 06, 2021 4:02 am
The respondent state is expected to take instructions and respond by the next date of hearing scheduled for August 17.