How a law has turned the tables on interfaith couples
Hindustan Times|February 03, 2024
Shortly after Uttar Pradesh (UP) passed the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020, the Allahabad High Court (HC) decided to make its position clear.

The law had been brought ostensibly to prevent religious conversion through fraudulent means, including marriage. Under the new law, you have to inform the district magistrate of any intention to convert and they must then conduct their own inquiries to make sure there is no coercion.

The Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954, which allows for interfaith marriage, also requires couples to publicly post a 30-day notice.

This isn't always feasible. If you're marrying against the family's wishes, you don't always have the luxury of waiting. And, so, often what happens, as noted by a 2018 Law Commission report, is that one-half of the couple converts since religious marriage requires no notice period.

The anti-conversion law took away that expedience too.

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