In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of India has recently declared that religious conversions made solely to claim reservation benefits, without genuine belief in the adopted religion, amount to a “fraud... Read more »
The Jharkhand High Court has directed the Centre and the state government to promptly file a response regarding the conversion of tribals in the state. The court noted that there has been... Read more »
The Rajasthan government informed the Supreme Court that it is currently in the process of introducing legislation to prohibit religious conversion through unlawful means within the state. “The state of Rajasthan is... Read more »
The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim bail to Rajendra Bihari Lal, vice chancellor of Uttar Pradesh’s Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), in an alleged illegal religious conversion... Read more »
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the criminal proceedings pending in a Madhya Pradesh trial court against Christian missionary Ajai Lall. The case involves alleged forced conversion of two foster children and... Read more »
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to the Vice-Chancellor and other officials of Uttar Pradesh’s Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology, and Sciences (SHUATS) in connection with a... Read more »
The Allahabad High Court has declined to quash an FIR filed against the vice-chancellor and other officials of an agriculture university regarding an illegal religious conversion case, directing them to surrender before... Read more »
The Allahabad High Court held that the distribution of the Holy Bible and the dissemination of positive teachings should not be considered as “inducement for religious conversion” under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition... Read more »
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to the Center to take measures to combat fraudulent religious conversions in India. Jerome Anto, a... Read more »
The Supreme Court has recently granted interim protection from arrest to the chairman of Broadwell Christian Hospital Society in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district in a case of alleged forceful religious conversion. A... Read more »