I was hoping that the Supreme court would rule that conversion was legal in all circumstances except when physical or psychological coercion or threat was used. But it seems it has essentially banned all conversion activity now. I fear that this would lead to more strife in areas where conversions and re-conversions were going on because there is a huge enforcement problem for this kind of a law. Moreover, one of the principal motivations for any religious charity to do good in the toughest environments and against great odds has been removed. What a pity!
Cheers, Santosh --- On Sat, 12/20/08, Sandeep Heble <[email protected]> wrote: > Follow the news report below to know the legal position of > this in India. > >........................................................ > > Nobody has right to convert: SC > > NEW DELHI: There is no such thing as a fundamental right to > convert > any person to one's own religion and the government can > impose certain > restrictions keeping in view public order, the Supreme > Court has ruled. >
