PRAYAGRAJ: Declaring that their marriages were not in compliance with the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, the Allahabad high court has dismissed the petitions filed by eight interfaith couples for protection of life.
The anti-conversion law passed in UP in 2021 prohibits unlawful conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, fraud, undue influence, coercion and allurement.
The couples, through separate petitions, had approached the court seeking directions for their protection and non-interferencein their matrimonial lives.The court dismissed these petitions on different dates between Jan 10 and Jan 16.
In the orders, Justice Saral Srivastava noted that these were cases of interfaith marriages, which were not in accordance with law as the anti-conversion law had not been followed.
Out of eight cases, five Muslim men had married Hindu women and three Hindu men had married Muslim women. The court mentioned the religions of petitioners in the orders.
Declining the requests made by the petitioners, the court said, “In such view of the fact, the relief prayed by the petitioners cannot be granted. Consequently, the writ petition is dismissed.”
However, the court said the petitioners could file fresh writ petitions if they solemnised the marriage after following due procedure of law.
The anti-conversion law passed in UP in 2021 prohibits unlawful conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, fraud, undue influence, coercion and allurement.
The couples, through separate petitions, had approached the court seeking directions for their protection and non-interferencein their matrimonial lives.The court dismissed these petitions on different dates between Jan 10 and Jan 16.
In the orders, Justice Saral Srivastava noted that these were cases of interfaith marriages, which were not in accordance with law as the anti-conversion law had not been followed.
Out of eight cases, five Muslim men had married Hindu women and three Hindu men had married Muslim women. The court mentioned the religions of petitioners in the orders.
Declining the requests made by the petitioners, the court said, “In such view of the fact, the relief prayed by the petitioners cannot be granted. Consequently, the writ petition is dismissed.”
However, the court said the petitioners could file fresh writ petitions if they solemnised the marriage after following due procedure of law.
