Conversion of religion: India (legal aspects) - Revision history

Jyoti: /* Procedure for conversion */

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‎Procedure for conversion

Jyoti: /* Government intervention */

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‎Government intervention

Jyoti: /* Madhya Pradesh law is illegal/ HC, 2022 */

2025-08-17T17:13:11Z

‎Madhya Pradesh law is illegal/ HC, 2022

Jyoti: /* Orders saying Conversion on Marriage was Unacceptable Were Not Good Laws: HC */

2025-03-03T04:33:54Z

‎Orders saying Conversion on Marriage was Unacceptable Were Not Good Laws: HC

Jyoti: /* Kerala */

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‎Kerala

Jyoti: /* UP/ 2020 */

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‎UP/ 2020

Jyoti: /* Freedom to choose, propagate one’s religion */

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‎Freedom to choose, propagate one’s religion

Jyoti: /* Introduction */

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‎Introduction

Jyoti: /* Freedom to choose, propagate one’s religion */

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‎Freedom to choose, propagate one’s religion

Pdewan at 09:55, 24 June 2023

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 It is not necessary for a person professing a particular religion to convert to another by a formal ceremony, or even a declaration, the Madras high court has said, stressing that mere conduct would suffice to establish conversion, reports Sureshkumar K.
  A family court had dismissed a plea for divorce by mutual consent under Hindu Marriage Act in the absence of a ceremony to prove the conversion of the wife, a Muslim. Justice P B Balaji said she had “by conduct, clearly demonstrated she converted to Hindu faith”.
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	Kanungo had "inspected" the child care centre and a case was registered against the duo under the Freedom of Religion Act and the Juvenile Justice Act for allegedly trying to convert the inmates.		Kanungo had "inspected" the child care centre and a case was registered against the duo under the Freedom of Religion Act and the Juvenile Justice Act for allegedly trying to convert the inmates.
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		+	=Procedure for conversion=
		+	==Ceremony not necessary for conversion: HC==
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=19_11_2025_001_007_cap_TOI Nov 19, 2025: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	''' Ceremony not necessary for conversion: HC '''
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		+	It is not necessary for a person professing a particular religion to convert to another by a formal ceremony, or even a declaration, the Madras high court has said, stressing that mere conduct would suffice to establish conversion, reports Sureshkumar K.
		+	A family court had dismissed a plea for divorce by mutual consent under Hindu Marriage Act in the absence of a ceremony to prove the conversion of the wife, a Muslim. Justice P B Balaji said she had “by conduct, clearly demonstrated she converted to Hindu faith”.

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	The petitioners contend that the 2021 Act is illegal and violates the Fundamental Rights of an individual as enshrined in Article 14, 19 and 25 of the constitution. The petitioners said that an adult person has the right to marry according to his or her choice. However, the Act provides for 3 to 10 years of jail if a marriage is performed under threat or in a covert fashion.		The petitioners contend that the 2021 Act is illegal and violates the Fundamental Rights of an individual as enshrined in Article 14, 19 and 25 of the constitution. The petitioners said that an adult person has the right to marry according to his or her choice. However, the Act provides for 3 to 10 years of jail if a marriage is performed under threat or in a covert fashion.

		+	==Uttarakhand==
		+	===2025: Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill===
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=14_08_2025_001_007_cap_TOI Kautilya Singh, August 14, 2025: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Dehradun : Uttarakhand cabinet gave its nod to a strict Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which provides for a maximum punishment of life imprisonment and fine of up to Rs 10 lakh for “forced conversion”. The govt is likely to table the bill in the House, where they have a strong majority, for approval during the three-day monsoon session of assembly commencing on Aug 19.
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		+	At present, the maximum jail term for such an offence is 10 years and the highest fine is Rs 50,000. The new bill proposes to raise the jail term to 14 years, and, in some cases, to 20 years which may even extend to life imprisonment. Arrests can be made without a warrant and the DM can seize properties acquired through crimes related to conversion.
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		+	CM Pushkar Singh Dhami told TOI on Wednesday hours after the cabinet decision: “Uttarakhand is Devbhoomi (the land of Gods) and a place where holy saints through the ages came and meditated. In the last few years, there have been instances of demographic changes under the guise of illegal conversions. The proposed amendment is a major step on our part to ensure that the social fabric of the Himalayan state is not changed. Therefore, we have come up with stringent measures to check the illegal practice.”
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	==UP/ 2020==		==UP/ 2020==

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 “We fail to understand if the law permits two persons even of same sex to live together peacefully then neither any individual nor a family nor even state can have objection to relationship of two major individuals who out of free will are living together,” the judges observed.
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+==Marrying person of another faith does not mean automatic conversion: HC==
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+[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=25_01_2025_005_002_cap_TOI  January 25, 2025: ''The Times of India'']
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+New Delhi : Marrying a person of another faith does not result in an automatic conversion to their religion, Delhi High Court has ruled. “Merely marrying a Muslim does not result in an automatic conversion from Hinduism to Islam. In the present case, aside from a bare averment made by the defendants, no substantive evidence has been produced to prove that the plaintiff underwent a recognised process of conversion to Islam. In the absence of such proof, the claim of conversion solely on the basis of marriage cannot be accepted,” the single-judge bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh said.
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+ The case stems from a family dispute over the division of ancestral properties belonging to a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF). HC was hearing a partition suit filed in 2007 by the eldest daughter of a man from his first wife against him, as well as his two sons from the second wife. Another daughter from the first wife was transposed as the second plaintiff. In Dec 2008, the father died during the pendency of the suit. The plaintiff, a Hindu woman, claimed her share in the HUF properties under the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, which grants daughters equal rights in ancestral properties. It was contended that the daughters had one-fifth share each in the suit properties. The suit was filed as the defendant sons (from the second wife) were trying to sell and dis- pose of the HUF properties without the consent of the daughters. The father opposed the suit, saying it was not maintainable because the eldest daughter had ceased to be a Hindu as she was married to a Muslim of Pakistani origin in the UK. The defendants opposed the claim, arguing her marriage to a Muslim man severed her rights in HUF as she no longer qualified as a Hindu under the law.
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+The disputed properties included a three-storey house in Friends Colony East and other movable and immovable assets claimed to be part of HUF.
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+ Partially allowing the suit, HC said the burden of proving the eldest daughter had ceased to be a Hindu owing to her marriage to a Muslim of Pakistani origin living in the UK rested en- tirely on the defendants. However, the court said the defendants failed to discharge the burden as no evidence was presented to substantiate the claim that the daughter had renounced Hinduism or formally converted to Islam.
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	[[File: Yearwise conversion to Islam in Kerala , India Today , August 17, 2016 .jpg\| Yearwise conversion to Islam in Kerala , India Today , August 17, 2016 \|frame\|500px]]		[[File: Yearwise conversion to Islam in Kerala , India Today , August 17, 2016 .jpg\| Yearwise conversion to Islam in Kerala , India Today , August 17, 2016 \|frame\|500px]]
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		+	==Uttar Pradesh==
		+	===2024===
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=09_08_2024_016_001_cap_TOI August 9, 2024: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Lucknow : As many 1,682 people were arrested and 835 cases registered in UP till July 31 under the state’s anti-conversion law since it came into effect in 2020, DGP Prashant Kumar said Thursday, reports Pathikrit Chakraborty.
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		+	A total of 2,708 people have been named in the cases under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act. Most of the cases were filed in Ghaziabad, Ambedkarnagar, Bhadohi, Saharanpur and Shahjahanpur. “We have filed chargesheets in almost 98% cases, which is about 818 cases, while 17 are still under probe,” Kumar added. He warned that “those who offer allurement, inducement, and adopt illegal means for conversion would not be spared”. He asserted that no innocent person was “harassed”.
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		+	Other officers said 124 persons were let off after it was found that they had no role in conversions. “Seventy others have surrendered in court,” one officer said. The cops have till now secured conviction in four of the cases. In one case, the police attached the properties of an accused in Sitapur who has been on the run. Another suspect was sentenced to five years in Amroha.
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		+	In yet another case, a Muslim woman, a resident of Lucknow, lodged an FIR on July 6 accusing her husband of “love jihad”.
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		+	A couple visiting Sitapur with tourists from Brazil was booked for allegedly forcing people to convert to Christianity.
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		+	Meanwhile, govt-aided SHUATS in Prayagraj, has landed in trouble with Fatehpur police lodging an FIR against eight of its officials, including V-C and two pro vicechancellors, under anti-conversion law.
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	“Religious conversion by ‘carrot and stick’ and by ‘hook or crook’ not only offends Articles 14, 21, 25, but is also against the principles of secularism, which is an integral part of the basic structure of the Constitution. Petitioner states with dismay that the Centre and states have failed to control the menace of black magic, superstition and deceitful religious conversion, though it is their duty under Article 51A,” the petition said.		“Religious conversion by ‘carrot and stick’ and by ‘hook or crook’ not only offends Articles 14, 21, 25, but is also against the principles of secularism, which is an integral part of the basic structure of the Constitution. Petitioner states with dismay that the Centre and states have failed to control the menace of black magic, superstition and deceitful religious conversion, though it is their duty under Article 51A,” the petition said.
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		+	==Freedom of religion doesn’t include right to convert others/ HC, 2024==
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=11_07_2024_011_011_cap_TOI July 11, 2024: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Prayagraj : Right to freedom of religion does not include the right to convert others, Allahabad HC observed, denying bail to a person accused of religious conversions, reports Rajesh Kumar Pandey.
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		+	Rejecting the application of Shriniwas Rav Nayak, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said: “The Constitution confers on each individual the fundamental right to practice and propagate his religion. However, individual right to freedom of conscience and religion cannot be extended to construe a collective right to proselytize.”
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		+	The right to religious freedom belongs equally to the person converting and the individual sought to be converted, the bench ruled. Nayak, a native of Andhra Pradesh, was booked under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, for converting some Hindus to Christianity.
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	=Government intervention=		=Government intervention=

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	In the pseudo nationalist outrage that followed his statement, the government told Parliament that Vatican had been told in "no uncertain terms" of India's displeasure.		In the pseudo nationalist outrage that followed his statement, the government told Parliament that Vatican had been told in "no uncertain terms" of India's displeasure.
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		+	=Allurement for conversion=
		+	==Distributing books is not allurement==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=07_09_2023_016_009_cap_TOI Sep 7, 2023: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Lucknow : Distributing the Bible and other religious books and imparting good teachings could not be called an allurement for religious conversion, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court said, and granted bail to two persons booked under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.
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		+	Justice Shamim Ahmad also ruled that only an aggrieved person or his/her family could lodge an FIR for offences under this Act. The appellants, Jose Papachen and Sheeja, were accused of alluring members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes to convert to Christianity. They were arrested and sent to jail following an FIR lodged by a BJP officebearer in UP’s Ambedkarnagar district on January 24.
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		+	Hearing their appeal, Justice Ahmad observed: “Providing good teaching, distributing the holy Bible, encouraging children to get education, organising assembly of villagers and performing bhandaras, and instructing villagers not to enter into altercations and not to consume liquor do not amount to allurement under the 2021 (anticonversion) Act.”
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		+	The appellants claimed that they were innocent and had been implicated due to political rivalry.
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	= Certificate (from the government) for conversion=		= Certificate (from the government) for conversion=

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 The HC held the objection of the brother was not sustainable as a Hindu person’s property devolves to his successors as per law. His successors include son, daughter, widow, mother and so on. “Suppose a widow embraces Christianity or Islam religion after death of her Hindu husband, the conversion shall not come in the way of devolution of property of her husband,” the HC said.
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 “Religious conversion by ‘carrot and stick’ and by ‘hook or crook’ not only offends Articles 14, 21, 25, but is also against the principles of secularism, which is an integral part of the basic structure of the Constitution. Petitioner states with dismay that the Centre and states have failed to control the menace of black magic, superstition and deceitful religious conversion, though it is their duty under Article 51A,” the petition said.
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+==Police cannot act unless victim or kin complain/ 2023, HC==
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+[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/mp-hc-cops-cant-act-on-conversion-cases-unless-victim-or-kin-complain/articleshow/101228665.cms#  Ashutosh Shukla & Siddharth Pandey, June 24, 2023: ''The Times of India'']
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+BHOPAL: Police can't take action on a complaint of conversion if it has not lodged by the victim or a family member or ordered by the court, the Madhya Pradesh high court said on Friday while granting anticipatory bail to an archbishop and a nun accused of conversion.
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+Police had booked archbishop of Jabalpur diocese, Jeralad Alameda, and Sister Liji Joseph of Asha Kiran Homes, a centre for care of juveniles in Katni, on the basis of a complaint from Priyank Kanungo, president of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
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