Right to Marry/Choose Partner

Recently, the Government of Uttar Pradesh has passed the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020.

  • The UP ordinance prohibits any religious conversion due to coercion, force, undue influence, allurement, fraud or by marriage and makes such a marriage liable to be declared void. It also makes such an act of conversion a non-bailable criminal offence.

Right to Marry

  • The Supreme Court in Shafin Jahan v Ashok KM (2018), has upheld the right to marry a person of one’s choice as a part of Article 21.
  • According to the Supreme Court, the Constitution protects the ability of each individual to pursue ....
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