Citizens for Justice and Peace
#LoveAzaad: Join us in fighting tyranny and celebrating love CJP's day long event on 13th February
10-Feb-2021
We are happy to invite you to CJP’s day long event on Saturday 13th February 2021 – #LoveAzaad Let’s celebrate love, not hate. 12PM IG LIVE: CJP in conversation with the founder of The Ladies Compartment, Avantika Mehta. Tune in @cjpindia on Instagram. 3PM IG LIVE: CJP in conversation with Siddhesh Gautam @bakeryprasad, graphic artist…
Lend your voice to CJP’s #LoveAzaad campaign Be a part of our campaign and help keep #LoveAzaad
27-Jan-2021
CJP has intervened in Indian courts against the criminalisation of love and we are asking Indians to respond through Music, Art, Opinions And Poetry. Send us your artwork and videos of your poems, music, opinions and Write to cjpindia@gmail.com. Send us your support. Related: CJP moves Supreme Court in Hathras case SC entrusts Witness Protection…
“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…
Join the fight against the love jihad laws The supreme court has accepted CJP's petition against the 'Love Jihad Laws' of UP and Uttarakhand
06-Jan-2021
CJP had moved the Supreme court against the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, and the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018. The Supreme Court on 6th January admitted a petition by CJP challenging the constitutional validity of “Love Jihad” laws passed by the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The…
“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…
Love Jihad Laws: What do the youth of India have to say about these laws? As CJP moves SC against “Love Jihad” laws
18-Dec-2020
As CJP moves supreme court against the “Love Jihad” Laws passed by Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, we bring to you this exclusive video where India’s youth speaks up against the unconstitutionality, anti minority and misogynistic beliefs that are legitimised by these laws. Read our article here: https://cjp.org.in/cjp-moves-supreme-court-against-love-jihad-laws-of-uttarakhand-uttar-pradesh/ Related: CJP moves Supreme Court…
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…
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…