'Love Jihad' ordinance cleared by UP Cabinet: Siddharth Nath Singh.

 

Law against 'love jihad': Madhya Pradesh begins, know how much punishment, what provisions

 Lucknow

 Law on Love Jihad may come soon in Uttar Pradesh.  The home department of the state has also prepared a draft of the law.  It has been sent to the Law Department for testing.  Significantly, in the last few days in many parts of Uttar Pradesh, after the cases of Love Jihad, the discussion about the law was intensified.  Now Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to start an exercise in this matter.

 Earlier, the Chief Minister of the state Yogi Adityanath had indicated that the state government was preparing to bring a law against Love Jihad.  CM Yogi had cited a comment of the Allahabad High Court, saying that the court order would be followed and the sisters and daughters would be respected.  He had warned the jihadis that in disguise, in disguise, those who hide their names and play with the honor of the daughters, I warn them that their Ram-Naam is going to come to the truth.

 Outline of possible legislation is ready in MP

 Apart from Uttar Pradesh, preparations are being made to bring laws against Love Jihad in Bihar, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.  The outline of the law has also been prepared in Madhya Pradesh.  A minister of MP government said that a possible law against Love Jihad provides for a punishment of 5 years for the offender.  Case will be filed in non-bailable sections.  According to the possible law, conversion will have to take permission a month in advance.  This proposal can be tabled in the House in the upcoming assembly session of Madhya Pradesh.

 How will love jihad law in UP?

 The primary things that are coming up in connection with the law on Love Jihad in Uttar Pradesh include the provision of punishing the accused for 1-7 years after the conviction.  According to media reports, the law that is going to be enacted on Love Jihad can broadly include these things:

 1. If people of two religions marry, it will be investigated whether the marriage has been done in a fraudulent manner, by inducement or under blackmail.

 2. If any of the above case occurs in people of two religions, then the blood relative of the boy and girl can complain, after which the case will be investigated.

 3. Marriage in a fraudulent manner, by inducement or by blackmail will be considered a crime and will be punished from 1 year to 7 years if convicted.  Also, economic penalties will also be imposed.

 Allahabad High Court comments

 Prior to Yogi's warning, the Allahabad High Court had also made significant remarks on the Love Jihad case.  The court said that it is not valid to convert only for marriage.  This comment of the High Court can be made the basis in the law of the state government.  In the past, CM Yogi had indicated that the Allahabad High Court has given an order that conversion to marriage should not be recognized.  Because of this, the government is also deciding that we will work strictly to stop love jihad.  Will make an effective law.

 Murder for not converting!

 After the cases of Love Jihad came up in many districts of UP, discussion on the law started on it.  A student Nikita Tomar was killed in Ballabhgarh area of ​​Haryana.  It was alleged that Nikita was murdered by a boy named Tausif, who was pressurizing him to convert.

 Preparation of law in Madhya Pradesh too

 Apart from Uttar Pradesh, the Madhya Pradesh government has also claimed to enact a law on Love Jihad.  Madhya Pradesh government has taken the first initiative in this matter.  State Home Minister Narottam Mishra announced that the law related to it will be introduced in the Assembly soon.  This will be a non-bailable offense and there will be a provision of punishment of up to five years for the convicts.

Lucknow: Days after approaching the Union Law Ministry for the proposed law against 'love jihad', the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, on Tuesday, cleared the'Love jihad' ordinance. The move comes shortly after the Allahabad High Court, upheld the right to freedom of choice of individuals and quashed its own order in which it had said that conversion for the sake of marriage was not acceptable.

While passing the ordinance, the UP government said that more than 100 cases were examined before bringing the ordinance. The law mandates imprisonment between one-five years for those convicted of carrying out forceful conversions for marriage.

The ordinance provides for jail term of 1-5 years with Rs 15,000 penalty for forceful religious conversion. For conversions of minors & women of SC/ST community, there will be jail term of 3-10 years with Rs 25,000 penalty: State Cabinet Minister Siddharth Nath Singh https://t.co/D6uTXIAHic

- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 24, 2020

"We saw that the religious conversions were part of 'love jihad' conspiracy. There is a big conspiracy behind these conversions which was unravelled by our security agencies," UP Minister Mohsin Raza said.

What the ordinance mandates:

Minimum 1-year till 5-year punishment or Rs 15,000 fine. (In normal cases)

Minimum 3-year punishment and maximum till 10 years and fine of Rs 25,000 (if the girl is a minor or from the SC/ ST community)

Minimum 3 to 10 years punishment and Rs 50,000 fine. (In case of Mass religious conversion)

Congress slams BJP, says 'love jihad' a manufactured word

Earlier, Madhya Pradesh has made clear that it will be bringing in a law to counter 'love jihad' during the next Assembly session. Congress and opposition parties have attacked the BJP alleging that the term is 'manufactured' by the ruling party to create unrest in the country.

Justifying his party's stand, BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, on Monday said- "We need to understand the definition of it (love jihad). The law is being made against the conspiracy behind the inter-religion marriages. Love is Sanatan and effortless; it does not see religion or a caste. But if someone loves and marries another person with a plan or intention to convert their religion, this law is from them."

Slamming the BJP, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had, last week, claimed that 'love jihad' was a term manufactured by the BJP. "Marriage is a matter of personal liberty, bringing a law to curb it is completely unconstitutional & it will not stand in any court of law. Jihad has no place in love... They are creating an environment in the nation where consenting adults would be at the mercy of state power. Marriage is a personal decision & they are putting curbs on it, which is like snatching away personal liberty," Gehlot had said in a series of tweets.