Up Anti-conversion Act

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the purpose of the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 is to guarantee religious freedom to all persons and sustain the spirit of secularism in India.

The Uttar Pradesh Assembly today passed an amendment bill enhancing punishment under Uttar Pradesh's anti-conversion law, making all the crimes under this Act non-bailable.

To be called Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2022, the bill seeks to make unlawful conversion a cognisable and non-bailable offence punishable with imprisonment and fine up to Rs 25,000

Two days after they stopped a wedding ceremony and took a couple from eastern Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar to a police station for "questioning" , UP Police has said they did not break the law and were merely acting to verify information about a criminal offence under the state's new stringent unlawful conversion law.

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the purpose of the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 is to guarantee religious freedom to all persons and sustain the spirit of secularism in India.

The Uttar Pradesh Assembly today passed an amendment bill enhancing punishment under Uttar Pradesh's anti-conversion law, making all the crimes under this Act non-bailable.

To be called Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2022, the bill seeks to make unlawful conversion a cognisable and non-bailable offence punishable with imprisonment and fine up to Rs 25,000

Two days after they stopped a wedding ceremony and took a couple from eastern Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar to a police station for "questioning" , UP Police has said they did not break the law and were merely acting to verify information about a criminal offence under the state's new stringent unlawful conversion law.