Allahabad High Court orders ₹50,000 compensation for man jailed in false anti-conversion case

Allahabad High Court orders ₹50,000 compensation for man jailed in false anti-conversion case

The Bench said the case was an example of the “State authorities falling and scrambling over each other in order to score brownie points” on the basis of an FIR

Guarding culture or policing faith? Chhattisgarh High Court’s ‘social menace’ observation and the future of Article 25

In a striking pronouncement that cuts to the heart of India’s constitutional promise of religious liberty, the Chhattisgarh High Court has held that “conversion by inducement” by certain missionary groups constitutes a “social menace” — one that threatens the cultural identity and social harmony of indigenous communities. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru, while refusing to interfere with Gram Sabha re…