Supreme Court on Religious Conversions: The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the conversion issue in the country. Describing this issue as a serious issue, the court said that it should not be given a political colour. Religious conversion is a serious issue. Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay had filed a petition in the Supreme Court.
In the petition, the central and state governments were demanded to take strict steps against the conversion by deceit or force. The Supreme Court said that its intervention at the behest of BJP spokesperson Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay on the issue of forced conversions should not be given a political colour. Some time ago, the court had given instructions to the Center to take strict steps on this serious issue, saying that forceful conversion is a threat to the country’s security.
Court is serious about this issue
A bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar agreed to take suo motu cognizance of the case by renaming it, requesting Attorney General R Venkataramani to give suggestions in this regard by February 7. A bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar told Attorney General R Venkataramani that they want to find out if the conversions are taking place by force or greed and if this is happening then what should we do next. should. What can be done to improve it.
Tamil Nadu government opposed the petition
The Tamil Nadu government opposed the petition of Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. He termed the petition as politically motivated. The petition was filed in the context of an alleged incident in Tamil Nadu early last year, where a 17-year-old Thanjavur girl committed suicide after her parents alleged that she was forced to convert by the school.
The court said – we are worried about the whole country
The court said that they are worried about the whole country. Do not try to divert the proceedings of the court in a different direction by bringing politics into the matter, saying that the court is targeting against a state. Don’t politicize it. If forced conversion is not happening in your state then it is good. This is a very serious matter and we need the assistance of the Attorney General.
Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay had filed a petition in the Supreme Court. In which a demand was made to instruct the Central and State Governments to take strict steps against fraudulent or forceful religious conversion. Recently, the Supreme Court had directed the Center to take strict steps on this serious issue, stating that forceful religious conversion is a threat to the security of the country.
what was said in the petition
The Gujarat government had enacted a law making the permission of the District Magistrate mandatory before conversion for marriage. Although the Gujarat High Court had stayed this law. The Gujarat government had approached the Supreme Court to get the stay removed. During this, the Gujarat government had said that freedom of religion does not include the right to convert. It has been said in the petition that forced conversion is the problem of the whole country and it needs immediate attention.
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