Citizens for Justice and Peace
SC Agrees to Examine Constitutionality of ‘Love Jihad’ Laws But Refuses Stay, to Hear Matter in 4 Weeks News18.com
07-Jan-2021
The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to examine controversial new laws of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand regulating religious conversions due to inter-faith marriages. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde refused, however, to stay the controversial provisions of the laws and issued notices to both state governments on two different petitions. The pleas, filed by…
Supreme Court refuses to stay ‘love jihad’ laws in UP, Uttarakhand; issues notice Hindustan Times
07-Jan-2021
The three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde also issued a notice to the Centre on the petitions filed by advocate Vishal Thakre and Teesta Setalvad’s NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace. The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay laws enacted by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to punish marriages based…
They call us Jamatis, no longer buy milk from us: Van Gujjars Nomadic community faces discrimination and economic boycott
26-Dec-2020
Here Mohammed Meer Hamza interviews Baniyabeen, a Van Gujjar who hails from Gauhri Range Kunou, Chaurd Pauri, Garhwal, and is currently camping at Gari Shyampur, near Rishikesh, Dehradun. They discuss the long-lasting impact that the Covid-19 pandemic on the community, and how despite facing discrimination, Van Gujjar’s hold no resentment. All they want is the safety of their…
Citizens for Justice and Peace, an NGO, files a writ petition against the ‘love jehad’ laws of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the Supreme Court frontline.thehindu.com
19-Dec-2020
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), a Mumbai-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), 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. In the petition filed through the advocate Tanima Kishore, CJP said…
NGO CJP Moves Supreme Court Challenging UP & Uttarakhand’s Anti-Conversion Laws In Name Of Love Jihad Live Law
18-Dec-2020
Another public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutional validity of the laws passed by the states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh on religious conversions in the name of “love jihad”. The PIL has been filed by a Mumbai based NGO, Citizens for Justice and Peace, against the recently…
‘Love jihad’ laws of UP, Uttarakhand challenged in SC by NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace National Herald
18-Dec-2020
The NGO contends that the laws violate Article 21 of Constitution as they empower the State to suppress an individual’s personal liberty and impinge upon an individual’s right to freedom of religion Mumbai-based NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of…
CJP moves SC against “Love Jihad” laws younews.in
18-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 moves SC against “Love Jihad” laws ground.news
18-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 Moves SC Against ‘Love Jihad’ Law in UP, Uttarakhand thequint.com
18-Dec-2020
The petition submitted that Article 25 of the Constitution allows the ‘right to convert’ to any religion by choice. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed by Citizens For Justice And Peace in the Supreme Court on Monday, 14 December, challenging the constitutional validity of the recently passed Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of…
Attack on Secular Fabric’: CJP Files PIL in Top Court Against ‘Love Jihad’ Laws thewire.in
18-Dec-2020
The Mumbai-based NGO said that the impugned laws empowered the state “to suppress an individual’s personal liberty” and violated Article 21 of the constitution. A view of the Supreme Court on November 1, 2018. Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary New Delhi: The Mumbai-based NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in…
Love Jihad: The Ordinance and Constitutionality A detailed analysis of a deeply communal and sexist law
17-Dec-2020
Tracing the history of anti-conversion laws from the 1960s to the enactments to ‘prevent love jihad’ legislation, Senior Advocate and Human Rights Defender Desai argues how these laws, seen historically, are a transformation from a hesitant Hindu right wing nationalism to a highly bellicose- no holds barred avatar evidenced at present; all in all, a litmus…
Plea in Supreme Court challenges Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act and Uttar Pradesh anti-conversion ordinance as unconstitutional barandbench.com
17-Dec-2020
The petition contends that by these laws, right to privacy of the people of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh has been taken away as it ” does not allow them to take charge of the significant decisions in their life.” A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of the Uttarakhand Freedom…
Unemployed Kashmiri Pandit youth granted relief KPSS welcomes move by Services Selection Board
12-Dec-2020
In a major victory for the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS), the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board has extended the deadline for applying for various posts in different departments under the Prime Minister’s special package for Kashmiri Migrants and non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits. The previous deadline was December 21, 2020, but now it has been…
‘लव जेहाद’ का शोर मचा कर कुचली जा रही है महिलाओं की आज़ादी और गरिमा प्रजावाणी
12-Dec-2020
अफ़ग़ानिस्तान में बामियान के बुद्ध को तालेबान की ओर से डाइनामाइट से उड़ा देने के ठीक दो साल पांच महीने पहले यानी 6 अक्टूबर 1998 को मैंने गुजरात के डीजीपी सी. पी. सिंह का इंटरव्यू लिया था. 2001 में काबुल से 130 किलोमीटर उत्तर-पश्चिम में स्थापित गांधार शैली में बनी बुद्ध की यह मूर्ति तालेबान…
Does the law allow “temple restoration” suits? A look at how the Places of Worship Act has never really been implemented
12-Dec-2020
The suit filed for restoration of temples in the Qutub Minar complex in Delhi is the latest in a line of similar suits invoking land disputes at temple sites in Mathura as well as Varanasi. After the Babri mosque demolition, the central government passed a law to save and protect the religious character of all…