Tag: Yogi Adityanath

UP govt to submit response on anti-conversion ordinance in Allahabad HC today

Source:-https://www.indiatoday.in The Uttar Pradesh government will submit its response to a petition challenging its recent ordinance on religious conversions. The Allahabad High Court bench had on December 18 asked the UP government to file a response to the petition as it heard public interest litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Saurabh Kumar, who challenged the constitutional

Love Jihad: Haryana forms three-member panel to frame law; MP mulls 10 years jail for offenders

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Thursday announced that a three-member drafting committee has been formed to frame law on “love jihad” in the state. Vij said that the committee comprising T L Satyaprakash (IAS) Secretary Home, ADGP Navdeep Sing Virk (IPS) and Additional Advocate General Deepak Manchanda will also study the

Allahabad High Court slams Yogi govt over ‘misuse’ of cow slaughter act

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The Allahabad High Court has pulled up the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh over the ‘misuse of Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act against innocent persons’. A single-judge bench of the high court stated in its order on Monday that “whenever any meat is recovered, it is normally shown as cow meat (beef) without

India needs more and more inter-faith marriages, and laws need to facilitate that

Source:-https://theprint.in In a recent judgment, the Allahabad High Court observed that religious conversion for the purpose of marriage is unacceptable. The court cited its own 2014 judgment, which had reiterated the Supreme Court’s observation in the Lily Thomas vs Union of India case that conversion of a person to Islam can only be considered bona

HC’s decision on OBCs ruffles feathers among UP parties

Source: deccanherald.com With the halting of the UP government’s decision to put 17 Other Backward Castes (OBC) in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list, Allahabad High Court on Monday upset many politicos who have always resorted to such quota calculus to further their existing vote banks or create new vote banks. Mayawati alleged politics over the issue as the Supreme Court said the state

Allahabad HC strikes down Yogi’s move to shift 17 OBCs to SC list

Source: nationalheraldindia.com In a major setback to the Yogi Adityanath government, the Allahabad High Court on Monday stayed its decision to include 17 Other Backward Castes (OBC) in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list. The court’s decision came on a petition filed by social activist Gorakh Prasad. On June 24, the state government had directed District

Hate speech case: High Court allows challenge to government ‘no’ on sanction to prosecute Yogi Adityanath

Source – indianexpress.com THE ALLAHABAD High Court on Monday permitted the petitioners to challenge the UP government’s refusal to grant sanction to prosecute Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath — the prime accused in the 2007 Gorakhpur hate speech case. A two-member bench dismissed the UP government’s objections to the petitioners’ contention that the prime accused had