Ayodhya residents Haji Mahboob and Haji Sayyad Akhlaq Ahmad filed the petition in the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on behalf of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
The primary contention raised in the PIL was that the anti-conversion law impinges upon the fundamental right to choice and the right to change of faith.
Reports on Allahabad High Court’s judgment in Salamat Ansari-Priyanka Kharwar case wrongly suggests a constitutional death-knell against UP’s 'love jihad' ordinance.
Draft ‘Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Bill 2020’ has been formulated by UP home department and forwarded to law department. The law is likely to be presented before UP cabinet soon.
The court made the remark while dismissing a plea by a newly married couple, who had approached the court to direct police and the woman's father not to disturb their marital life.
In past one year, the Allahabad HC has passed several orders questioning the Yogi Adityanath government and its functionaries for several of its actions.
The top court, which was hearing a PIL & intervention pleas of activists & lawyers, was told that no fair trial was possible in UP as the investigation has been allegedly botched up.
The bench had asked the woman's parents to apprise the court of their versions of the incident & ordered Hathras district administration to arrange for their travel to the court.
Allahabad High Court observed that over the past few weeks, it has repeatedly noticed a connectivity problem on the part of the state counsel, particularly in bail hearings.
China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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