The petitioners contended before the Chhattisgarh High Court that the hoardings were installed by respective gram sabhas exercising powers under the PESA framework. The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Chhattisgarh High Court order, which asked petitioners challenging hoardings put up by some gram sabhas barring the entry of Christian “pastors and […]
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a writ petition seeking direction to the Centre and States to register all schools and institutions imparting secular education and/or religious instruction to children up to the age of 14 years. A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma allowed the petitioner to withdraw […]
Prayagraj , The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a Tamil Nadu resident in a case involving alleged unlawful religious conversion in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. The bail application was allowed by Justice Ashutosh Srivastava. According to police, Dev Sahayam Deniyal Raj was the gang leader who lured people for religious conversion and […]
Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to condemn the attacks on Christians in the country and said the Government has a duty to protect the rights of religious minorities. “We have been approaching government authorities whenever there is an attack. We don’t […]
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from Centre and states on a petition by National Council of Churches alleging freedom of religion laws enacted by states violate citizens’ fundamental rights by criminalising voluntary and conscience-based conversions and arguing that prior govt-approval for conversion violates individuals’ right to privacy. One of the laws challenged […]
Allahabad High Court was hearing a plea alleging inaction by the authorities concerned on petitioner’s representations seeking permission to hold a religious prayer meeting within private property. The Allahabad High Court recently held that no prior permission from the state authorities is required to conduct religious prayer meetings within one’s own private premises, observing that […]