1.0Law Times Journalhttps://lawtimesjournal.inSwikritimala Dubeyhttps://lawtimesjournal.in/author/swikritimala-dubey/Justice Madan Lokur :’UP ordinance to criminalize religious conversions by Marriage restricts freedom of Choice & Dignity’rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yPLJAS8aVd"><a href="https://lawtimesjournal.in/justice-madan-lokurup-ordinance-to-criminalize-religious-conversions-by-marriage-restricts-freedom-of-choice-dignity/">Justice Madan Lokur:’UP ordinance to criminalize religious conversions by Marriage restricts freedom of Choice & Dignity’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lawtimesjournal.in/justice-madan-lokurup-ordinance-to-criminalize-religious-conversions-by-marriage-restricts-freedom-of-choice-dignity/embed/#?secret=yPLJAS8aVd" width="600" height="338" title="“Justice Madan Lokur:’UP ordinance to criminalize religious conversions by Marriage restricts freedom of Choice & Dignity’” — Law Times Journal" data-secret="yPLJAS8aVd" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://lawtimesjournal.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Justice-Madan-Lokur.jpg1200628Justice Madan Lokur, former SC Judge criticized the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of unlawful Conversion of Religious Ordinance, 2020 which was brought last week to criminalize religious conversion by marriage, and said that it’s “placing on the backseat the freedom of choice and dignity. States of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, Assam is planning to come up with similar ordinances. The purpose of this law is to prohibit what is popularly known as love jihad.”