The law’s demand for a ‘conversion certificate’ puts couples at risk, precisely when they are seeking protection from threats of violence from family members.
The controversial resolution passed by the Eknath Shinde government is being described as a "precursor to love-jihad laws" enacted in the BJP-ruled states.
A spate of legislation and rabble surrounding 'love jihad' is justified on grounds of allegedly increasing instances of Muslim men marrying Hindu women. It therefore needs to be seen whether there is, or ever has been, any real evidence to support these claims.
The apex court had on January 6, 2021 agreed to examine certain controversial new laws of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand regulating religious conversions due to such marriages.