Citizens for Justice and Peace
*Gopesh died leaving his wife Amla in a detention camp* Bartalipi (Shilchor, Assam)
21-Dec-2020
It’s been a year since the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed, But the Bangladeshis who have been declared foreigners in Assam are dying day after day to get citizenship under it. Two days ago, 104-year-old Chandradhar Das of Barak Valley died, wearing a foreign badge. He was counting down the days to apply for citizenship…
Gopesh’s wife returned home for a while to finish Shakha-Sindoor’s part Samoik Prasanga
21-Dec-2020
What a cruel episode of life! In the intricacy of the document she could not prove her connection with her father, that’s why the foreigner badge is sitting next to her name. Since then her place has been in detention camp. Husband Gopesh Das was disturbed to see the middle-aged woman living in the prison’s…
*Amla in D-camp, she didn’t even see her husband’s face for the last time.* Samoik Prasanga
21-Dec-2020
With the pain of foreigners scandal, Chandradhar Das sank to the brink of death on Sunday. He had high hopes in his life, maybe he will get the recognition of ‘Indian’ before his death. But the law of the land could not cover the pain of Chandradhar who has passed hundreds of years. He was…
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…