A video has surfaced, showing lawyers in a court in Rajasthan’s Ajmer beating men who allegedly raped minor schoolgirls and forced them to convert after blackmailing them. The accused, identified as Rehan Mohammad, Sohail Mansoori, Luqman alias Sohaib, Armaan Pathan and Sahil Qureshi, allegedly gave mobile phones to girls to lure them.
The Madras High Court ruled that forcing a spouse to convert to another religion without their consent is a form of violence and mental cruelty. The case involved a Hindu wife who was pressured by her Muslim husband to change her faith. The Court upheld the divorce, stating that such actions violate fundamental rights and personal freedom under the Indian Constitution.
The Supreme Court took strong exception to a woman, deemed by the State of Tamil Nadu to be a Christian convert, allegedly claiming to practice Hinduism for availing quota in job appointments for scheduled caste (SC) communities. “Would amount to fraud on the Constitution.”: the Bench made it clear that if the purpose of conversion/ reconversion is only to derive the benefit of reservation, the same cannot be allowed since it will defeat the objective of providing quota to the socially backward communities.