Citizens for Justice and Peace
धर्मान्तरण कानून के खिलाफ याचिका पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने हिमाचल और मध्य प्रदेश को पक्षकार बनाने की दी अनुमति Jagran
18-Feb-2021
नई दिल्ली, पीटीआइ। सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने बुधवार को अंतर-धर्म विवाह के कारण होने वाला धर्मान्तरण के खिलाफ बनाए गए कानून को चुनौती देने वाली एक गैर-सरकारी संगठन की याचिका पर हिमाचल प्रदेश और मध्य प्रदेश पक्षकार बनाने की अनुमति दे दी। इसके अलावा मुख्य न्यायाधीश एसए बोबडे की अध्यक्षता वाली पीठ ने देशभर में इन कानूनों…
SC allows NGO to challenge MP, Himachal anti-conversion laws Hindustan Times
18-Feb-2021
In addition, the court also allowed the Muslim organization Jamait Ulama-i-Hind, to intervene in the proceedings. The organization alleged the laws led to the harassment of a large number of Muslim men and hence there was a need to oppose the legislation. The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP),…
CJP’s Love Jihad amendment petition allowed by SC Now, love jihad laws of MP and HP will also be included
17-Feb-2021
On February 17, the Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde and also comprising Justices AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, admitted CJP’s amendment to its original petition to include the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2020 and Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2019. The order reads, “I.A. No. 21146 of 2021…
NGO moves Supreme Court against love jihad laws in Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh indialegallive
12-Feb-2021
The Petition has been filed by Advocate Tanima Kishore on behalf of the petitioner originally challenging the constitutional validity of the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018 and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020. NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has moved the Supreme Court challenging so-called love jihad…
‘Love jihad’ laws enacted by HP, MP challenged in SC by NGO Citizens for Peace and Justice National Herald
12-Feb-2021
The plea points out that the HP law casts a reverse burden of proof upon the person converted, and makes the offences, including the “offence” of getting married, cognizable and non-bailable NGO Citizens for Peace and Justice, which had earlier challenged the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand legislations on inter-faith marriages in Supreme Court, has now…
CJP moves SC to include MP, HP in its ‘Love Jihad’ petition Seeks amendment to original petition to add laws by other states
12-Feb-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has filed an application before the Supreme Court of India seeking to amend its original writ petition that challenged the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand anti-conversion laws. CJP now also seeks to incorporate the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Ordinance, 2020 and the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2019…
Love Jihad -CJP Moves Supreme Court Challenging Himachal Pradesh And Madhya Pradesh Anti-Conversion Laws Live Law
11-Feb-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace has approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to challenge Love-jihad laws passed by Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in its plea challenging the laws made by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand against religious conversions for the sake of marriages. The petitioner seeks to make the inclusion after being informed that the…
CJP petitions NHRC over communal clashes in Madhya Pradesh A daily wager’s house was illegal razed as a consequence
19-Jan-2021
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has, in a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), urged the authority to take a suo motu notice and conduct an investigation into the violence and inflammatory sloganeering against the residents of Begum Bagh in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. On January 18, 2021, CJP approached the Commission to…
“Love Jihad” laws curb individual and collective freedoms A comparative table of Anti-Conversion laws of four Indian states
18-Jan-2021
As the courts of law gear up to hear petitions against new anti-conversion laws of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the States of Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have also formulated their anti-conversion or ‘love-jihad’ laws. While the common thread in these four laws is that they make religious conversion by marriage to be illegal, there…
क्या संवैधानिक कसौटी पर खरा उतर पाएगा यूपी का ‘लव जिहाद’ विरोधी कानून? अध्यादेश व्यक्ति की आज़ादी, स्वायत्तता, निजता और पसंद के अधिकार के खिलाफ
15-Jan-2021
यूपी का ग़ैरक़ानूनी धर्मांतरण प्रतिबंध अध्यादेश, 2020 को नवंबर के आखिर में गवर्नर ने मंजूरी दे दी है. कानून बनने के बाद इसके तहत अब तक दो लोगों के खिलाफ मुकदमे दर्ज हो चुके हैं यूपी के बाद उसी तर्ज़ पर अब मध्य प्रदेश, हरियाणा, कर्नाटक और असम भी ऐसे ही ‘लव जिहाद विरोधी’ कानून…
CJP’s Love Jihad Petition: SC issues notice to UP and Uttarakhand It has agreed to test the constitutionality of the anti-conversion laws enforced the two states
07-Jan-2021
The three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice S.A Bobde and including Justices V Ramasubramanian and AS Bopanna heard the petitions challenging the validity of the newly enacted Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018, and issued notices to the respective states. It said, “Issue…
“Be Wise and in Love” – The Sovereign An assessment of Laws on Interfaith Marital Unions and Freedom of Marriage in India 2020
06-Jan-2021
Abstract: The present paper aims to understand the legal jurisprudence around interfaith marriages in India by analysing recent legislations passed by several States. It further discusses the roots of such legislations, ideology behind them and what purpose they seek to achieve viś-a-viś the secular Special Marriage Act which is already in effect. The author tries…
CJP petitions the National Commission for Minorities against RSS leader Kamalendu Sarkar’s Islamophobic speech in Assam promotes disharmony: CJP to NCM
24-Dec-2020
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has approached the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) with a complaint against Kamalendu Sarkar, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader in Assam for his hate filled and offensive speech against Islam in Sonitpur District, Tezpur on December 13. The CJP complaint dated December 21, 2020 brings to the NCM’s notice the…
CJP moves SC against “Love Jihad” laws Asks to strike down laws passed by Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh as un-constitutional
16-Dec-2020
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018. CJP, a human rights organisation with a long history of safeguarding the rights and interests of…
CJP approaches NBSA against News Nation’s Conversion Jihad show Hosted by Deepak Chaurasia, the show promotes vilification of Muslims
02-Dec-2020
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has filed a complaint with the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) on December 1, 2020, in connection with a highly communal show called Conversion Jihad alleging forceful conversion of Hindus by Muslims. This complaint is against News Nation, a television news channel, for their show that was broadcast not only…