Uttar Pradesh Anti-conversion Law

A total of 18 persons have been arrested here under Uttar Pradesh's anti-conversion law for allegedly offering money to convert people to Islam, a senior police officer said on Monday.

A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced to make the controversial film "The Kerala Story" tax-free in the state, the movie's team met him in Lucknow on Wednesday.

The Haryana government had put together a three-member team to draft the law soon after the Uttar Pradesh government had cleared a draft ordinance against conversion through force or fraudulent means two years ago.

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS) has arrested three persons from Nagpur in connection with a case registered in Lucknow under UP's anti-conversion law, an official said today.

A youth was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district under the anti-conversion law for allegedly kidnapping and forcibly marrying a minor, police said on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea challenging the validity of laws enacted by states, including Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which deal with religious conversion by marriage and others.

There is no evidence against a Muslim man who was among the first in Uttar Pradesh to be charged under a controversial new law against forced conversions, the Yogi Adityanath government told the Allahabad High Court today.

Union Minister Rajnath Singh has said that he personally does not support conversion for marriage and questioned why it should be required. The minister -- a parliamentarian from Lucknow -- was questioned about the alleged misuse of the anti-conversion law enacted by the Uttar Pradesh government.

Two teenagers walking home from a friend's birthday party in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor were ambushed, harassed and taken to a police station in an incident that ended up being filed as a case of "love jihad" under a controversial new anti-conversion law.

Six people, all Muslim, have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh and the police are looking for five more in a fresh case involving the state's new "unlawful conversion" law that has been criticised by many, including former judges, who have called the law unconstitutional and against fundamental rights.

Two people have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district in separate cases under the state's new anti-conversion law, police said on Monday.

In the name of gender rights, many are critical of the decision taken by the state of Uttar Pradesh which has announced a new law to protect the freedom of religion, with special emphasis on protecting women from conversion which happens in the guise of love and marriage.

A 32-year-old Muslim man, one of the first to be charged under Uttar Pradesh's controversial anti-conversion law, cannot be arrested yet, the Allahabad High Court has ruled, stepping into the spiralling debate over "Love Jihad".

Four former judges have criticised the new anti-conversion ordinance of Uttar Pradesh, aimed at curbing cases of "love jihad", calling it unconstitutional, against fundamental rights, and one of the strangest laws, with one even terming "love jihad" a "creation of religious extremists for the purpose of dividing people."

Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion ordinance, aimed at curbing cases of "love jihad", reflects the philosophy of a khap panchayat, with the objective essentially being to subjugate women, former Delhi High Court Chief Justice AP Shah has said. The retired judge told NDTV that several of its provisions violate the fundamental right to practice reli...

A total of 18 persons have been arrested here under Uttar Pradesh's anti-conversion law for allegedly offering money to convert people to Islam, a senior police officer said on Monday.

A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced to make the controversial film "The Kerala Story" tax-free in the state, the movie's team met him in Lucknow on Wednesday.

The Haryana government had put together a three-member team to draft the law soon after the Uttar Pradesh government had cleared a draft ordinance against conversion through force or fraudulent means two years ago.

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS) has arrested three persons from Nagpur in connection with a case registered in Lucknow under UP's anti-conversion law, an official said today.

A youth was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district under the anti-conversion law for allegedly kidnapping and forcibly marrying a minor, police said on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea challenging the validity of laws enacted by states, including Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which deal with religious conversion by marriage and others.

There is no evidence against a Muslim man who was among the first in Uttar Pradesh to be charged under a controversial new law against forced conversions, the Yogi Adityanath government told the Allahabad High Court today.

Union Minister Rajnath Singh has said that he personally does not support conversion for marriage and questioned why it should be required. The minister -- a parliamentarian from Lucknow -- was questioned about the alleged misuse of the anti-conversion law enacted by the Uttar Pradesh government.

Two teenagers walking home from a friend's birthday party in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor were ambushed, harassed and taken to a police station in an incident that ended up being filed as a case of "love jihad" under a controversial new anti-conversion law.

Six people, all Muslim, have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh and the police are looking for five more in a fresh case involving the state's new "unlawful conversion" law that has been criticised by many, including former judges, who have called the law unconstitutional and against fundamental rights.

Two people have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district in separate cases under the state's new anti-conversion law, police said on Monday.

In the name of gender rights, many are critical of the decision taken by the state of Uttar Pradesh which has announced a new law to protect the freedom of religion, with special emphasis on protecting women from conversion which happens in the guise of love and marriage.

A 32-year-old Muslim man, one of the first to be charged under Uttar Pradesh's controversial anti-conversion law, cannot be arrested yet, the Allahabad High Court has ruled, stepping into the spiralling debate over "Love Jihad".

Four former judges have criticised the new anti-conversion ordinance of Uttar Pradesh, aimed at curbing cases of "love jihad", calling it unconstitutional, against fundamental rights, and one of the strangest laws, with one even terming "love jihad" a "creation of religious extremists for the purpose of dividing people."

Uttar Pradesh's new anti-conversion ordinance, aimed at curbing cases of "love jihad", reflects the philosophy of a khap panchayat, with the objective essentially being to subjugate women, former Delhi High Court Chief Justice AP Shah has said. The retired judge told NDTV that several of its provisions violate the fundamental right to practice reli...