UP anti-conversion law doesn’t bar interfaith marriages or live-in relationships, says Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court on Monday held that the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, neither prohibits interfaith marriages nor bars such couples from living together in a live-in relationship, legal news website Bar and Bench reported. Justice Vivek Kumar Singh observed that courts do not see such couples as Hindu…

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Hate Speech FIR plea against Himanta Biswa Sarma: SC sends petitioners to HC, calls for swift hearing

The Supreme Court on Monday asked petitioners, who approached it seeking action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for offenses related to hate speech, to approach the Gauhati High Court, legal news website LiveLaw said. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi expressed reluctance to…

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