{"id":127749,"date":"2021-08-21T20:53:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=127749"},"modified":"2021-08-22T08:40:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T03:10:33","slug":"faith-and-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/faith-and-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith and Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/editorials\/gujarat-high-court-anti-conversion-law-uttar-pradesh-madhya-pradesh-7463525\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Express<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/ShareArticle?OrgId=GP88T8JPO.1&amp;imageview=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance: <\/strong>To understand the issue of interfaith marriages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong>Dubious legislations cannot be allowed to criminalise interfaith marriages<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Introduction:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Gujarat HC has recently struck down certain provisions of the \u2018Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021\u2019 which are contrary to the fundamental rights of the citizen.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many states like UP, MP, Himachal and Gujarat have brought laws against forced conversion like &#8220;Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment Act) 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2e9f1;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/issue-of-interfaith-marriages-and-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issue of interfaith marriages and laws in India<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>What do the laws say?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>They have created &#8216;conversion by marriage&#8217; as one of the illegal forms of conversion. However, the vagueness of the provisions gives police the power to hold police inquiries.<\/li>\n<li>The law also allows an aggrieved person, anyone related by blood to lodge an FIR.<\/li>\n<li>This often subjects the couple or bride\/groom to criminal proceedings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2e9f1;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-are-the-issues-in-anti-conversion-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What are the issues in anti-conversion law?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><strong>What do the courts say?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Gujarat HC has stalled some provisions of the Act and has stopped initiation of criminal proceedings against such couples unless they have there were any of the illegal elements involved.<\/li>\n<li>This is also in line with Supreme Court (SC) rulings that states cannot police private lives and personal choices guaranteed under Article 21 of the constitution.<\/li>\n<li>In Shafin Jahan Vs Ashokan case, the SC made it clear that the <strong>right to marry is an integral part of a person&#8217;s choice<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Way Forward<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The Gujarat HC\u2019s reading of the law will hopefully have a bearing on other courts where similar laws have been challenged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Terms to know<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/article-21\/\">Article 21<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0Indian Express, The Hindu Relevance: To understand the issue of interfaith marriages Synopsis: Dubious legislations cannot be allowed to criminalise interfaith marriages Introduction: Gujarat HC has recently struck down certain provisions of the \u2018Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021\u2019 which are contrary to the fundamental rights of the citizen. Many states like UP, MP, Himachal&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/faith-and-marriage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Faith and Marriage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[9234,212,9236,9237,9235],"class_list":["post-127749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-family-system","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-inter-faith-marriages","tag-issues-related-to-communalism","tag-marriage-related-issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704809615},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}