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'Majority Population Would Be Minority If...': High Court Flags Conversions
Religious congregations where conversions are taking place must be stopped, the Allahabad High Court has said, adding that the country's majority population would be in minority if such gatherings are allowed.
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Concerned Over Religious Conversions For Evading Law In Rape Cases: Court
The Delhi High Court has expressed concern about religious conversion done solely for the purpose of marriage or evading law, such as by men facing rape allegations, and issued a slew of guidelines to be followed in such matters.
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Karnataka To Scrap BJP Government's Anti-Conversion Law
The Congress government led by Siddaramaiah has decided to scrap the law against religious conversion -- meeting its promise of reviewing and if necessary, scrapping all the laws made by the previous BJP government in Karnataka.
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Anti-Conversion Law: Supreme Court Issues Notice On Appeal For Transfer Of Cases
The Supreme Court sought the responses of the Centre and six states on a plea moved by a Muslim body, seeking a transfer of 21 cases that have challenged state laws regulating religious conversions.
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Supreme Court Hearing On Laws Regulating Inter-Faith Marriages On Friday
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear on February 3 a batch of pleas challenging controversial state laws regulating religious conversions due to interfaith marriages.
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Supreme Court Hearing On State Laws Regulating Conversions Due To Inter-Faith Marriages On Jan 2
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on January 2 a batch of pleas challenging controversial state laws regulating religious conversions due to interfaith marriage.
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507 Arrested In 291 Cases Of Forced Conversions In UP In 2 years: Report
Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government is taking strict action against forced conversion in Uttar Pradesh after the Prohibition of Illegal Religious Conversion Act came into force two years ago, a state government official said.
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Uttarakhand To Make 'Forced Conversion' Punishable With 10 Years In Jail
Uttarakhand government on Wednesday decided to give more teeth to the anti-conversion law by making forced conversion a cognisable offence with provision for a punishment of 10 years imprisonment.
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In Plea Against Religious Conversions, Delhi High Court Asks For Evidence
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to direct the Centre and the Delhi government to frame a law to stop forced religious conversions, saying they were free to make such enactment even without a judicial recommendation.
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Some Want State Government To Sideline Minorities: Bengaluru Archbishop
Archbishop of Bengaluru Peter Machado said the Karnataka government was influenced by certain groups to sideline minorities after the state government passed an ordinance against religious conversion. A delegation of six people met Karnataka Governor
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Need Law Against Forced Religious Conversion, Says Arvind Kejriwal
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that a law should be made against religious conversions but nobody should be wrongly harassed.
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Congress, BJP's 'Was Your Idea' Fight On Karnataka Anti-Conversion Bill
The day started with miscreants vandalising St Anthony's statue in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district to a heated debate on the anti-conversion bill.
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Data On Forced Conversions Not Necessary: Karnataka BJP Amid New Law Push
From burning religious books belonging to the Christian community to barging inside churches and assaulting its members, a spate of attacks on the religious minority in Karnataka has been reported since the anti-conversion bill became a hot topic of
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Karnataka's Anti-Conversion Law In This Assembly Session: Chief Minister
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the draft legislation prohibiting forced religious conversion would be introduced during the ongoing legislature session.
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Karnataka "Seriously Considering" Law Against Religious Conversion: Chief Minister
The Karnataka government is seriously considering bringing in a law against religious conversion either by force or through inducement in the state, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said today.
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'Majority Population Would Be Minority If...': High Court Flags Conversions
Religious congregations where conversions are taking place must be stopped, the Allahabad High Court has said, adding that the country's majority population would be in minority if such gatherings are allowed.
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Concerned Over Religious Conversions For Evading Law In Rape Cases: Court
The Delhi High Court has expressed concern about religious conversion done solely for the purpose of marriage or evading law, such as by men facing rape allegations, and issued a slew of guidelines to be followed in such matters.
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Karnataka To Scrap BJP Government's Anti-Conversion Law
The Congress government led by Siddaramaiah has decided to scrap the law against religious conversion -- meeting its promise of reviewing and if necessary, scrapping all the laws made by the previous BJP government in Karnataka.
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Anti-Conversion Law: Supreme Court Issues Notice On Appeal For Transfer Of Cases
The Supreme Court sought the responses of the Centre and six states on a plea moved by a Muslim body, seeking a transfer of 21 cases that have challenged state laws regulating religious conversions.
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Supreme Court Hearing On Laws Regulating Inter-Faith Marriages On Friday
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would hear on February 3 a batch of pleas challenging controversial state laws regulating religious conversions due to interfaith marriages.
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Supreme Court Hearing On State Laws Regulating Conversions Due To Inter-Faith Marriages On Jan 2
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on January 2 a batch of pleas challenging controversial state laws regulating religious conversions due to interfaith marriage.
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507 Arrested In 291 Cases Of Forced Conversions In UP In 2 years: Report
Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government is taking strict action against forced conversion in Uttar Pradesh after the Prohibition of Illegal Religious Conversion Act came into force two years ago, a state government official said.
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Uttarakhand To Make 'Forced Conversion' Punishable With 10 Years In Jail
Uttarakhand government on Wednesday decided to give more teeth to the anti-conversion law by making forced conversion a cognisable offence with provision for a punishment of 10 years imprisonment.
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In Plea Against Religious Conversions, Delhi High Court Asks For Evidence
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to direct the Centre and the Delhi government to frame a law to stop forced religious conversions, saying they were free to make such enactment even without a judicial recommendation.
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Some Want State Government To Sideline Minorities: Bengaluru Archbishop
Archbishop of Bengaluru Peter Machado said the Karnataka government was influenced by certain groups to sideline minorities after the state government passed an ordinance against religious conversion. A delegation of six people met Karnataka Governor
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Need Law Against Forced Religious Conversion, Says Arvind Kejriwal
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that a law should be made against religious conversions but nobody should be wrongly harassed.
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Congress, BJP's 'Was Your Idea' Fight On Karnataka Anti-Conversion Bill
The day started with miscreants vandalising St Anthony's statue in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district to a heated debate on the anti-conversion bill.
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Data On Forced Conversions Not Necessary: Karnataka BJP Amid New Law Push
From burning religious books belonging to the Christian community to barging inside churches and assaulting its members, a spate of attacks on the religious minority in Karnataka has been reported since the anti-conversion bill became a hot topic of
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Karnataka's Anti-Conversion Law In This Assembly Session: Chief Minister
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the draft legislation prohibiting forced religious conversion would be introduced during the ongoing legislature session.
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Karnataka "Seriously Considering" Law Against Religious Conversion: Chief Minister
The Karnataka government is seriously considering bringing in a law against religious conversion either by force or through inducement in the state, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said today.
