A judgment of Rajasthan High Court issuing guidelines for religious conversions has been challenged in Supreme Court..The Supreme Court today directed that a copy of the petition be served on the State of Rajasthan..Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran appeared for the petitioner..The judgment of Rajasthan High Court stemmed from a Habeas Corpus petition filed by the brother of a Jain girl who had married a Muslim boy..The Court had turned down the petition on the ground that the girl had married the boy voluntarily and there was no coercion..However, the High Court in its judgment noted that there was no anti-conversion law in the State of Rajasthan..It, therefore, issued guidelines for religious conversion including informing District Magistrate of the same..This has now been challenged in the Supreme Court..When the matter was taken up today, a Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and R Subhash Reddy directed that a copy of the petition be served on the State of Rajasthan..The matter is likely to be heard after one week..Story to be updated..Read the order below.
A judgment of Rajasthan High Court issuing guidelines for religious conversions has been challenged in Supreme Court..The Supreme Court today directed that a copy of the petition be served on the State of Rajasthan..Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran appeared for the petitioner..The judgment of Rajasthan High Court stemmed from a Habeas Corpus petition filed by the brother of a Jain girl who had married a Muslim boy..The Court had turned down the petition on the ground that the girl had married the boy voluntarily and there was no coercion..However, the High Court in its judgment noted that there was no anti-conversion law in the State of Rajasthan..It, therefore, issued guidelines for religious conversion including informing District Magistrate of the same..This has now been challenged in the Supreme Court..When the matter was taken up today, a Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and R Subhash Reddy directed that a copy of the petition be served on the State of Rajasthan..The matter is likely to be heard after one week..Story to be updated..Read the order below.
