16-Apr-2024 Allahabad High Court quashes FIR against couple accused of ‘conversion’ accusations, upholds freedom of choice The petitioners, who married under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, faced charges under IPC and state anti-conversion laws
13-Feb-2023 RightsCast: How India’s anti-conversion Laws are linked to the weaponization of the state administration Episode 16 of CJP's podcast series RightsCast
04-Feb-2023 SC issues notice to 5 states in CJP’s renewed challenge to anti-conversion laws The same has been made returnable in 3 weeks
17-Jan-2023 CJP’s amended petition allowed, CJP also challenges ‘love jihad’ laws of 5 more states SC issued notice in its earlier plea of 2021, allows amendment, suggests issue of similar petitions be clubbed in a transfer, petition, matter to be heard on Jan 30
03-Jan-2023 CJP plea against anti-conversion laws: SC seeks to know status of cases challenging ‘anti conversion’ laws in HCs The bench sought to know if the four laws are pari materia and will hear the matter in two weeks
21-Dec-2022 Anti-Conversion Laws: Are forced conversions a myth or reality? Available data clearly shows up the bogey of “forced religious conversions” for what it is, another stick to beat marginalised minorities with – a resource
06-Dec-2022 Uttarakhand amends its anti-conversion law; makes it more stringent Maximum punishment for forced conversion increased, mass conversion introduced as an offence
22-Dec-2021 Karnataka’s Anti-Conversion Bill most stringent yet The Bill was torn to pieces by the Opposition