In Plea Against Religious Conversions, Delhi High Court Asks For Evidence
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"You bring some material before us, and if the court feels it has substance, we will certainly pursue it," the Delhi High Court bench said.
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to direct the Centre and the Delhi government to frame a law to stop forced religious conversions, saying they were free to make such enactment even without a judicial recommendation.
The court also asked the petitioner to bring forth evidence and statistics to buttress his contention about forced religious conversions as it cannot take cognisance of the issue merely on the basis of news reports placed by him on record.
The high court said it can make recommendations to the government but for that to happen the petitioner has to first make out a prima facie case.
"Not a single instance (of forced conversion) is given in your petition. If the government is conscious about the issue, it can frame a law. It is in the domain of the legislature. Who is stopping the government from making a law? "If they share the same view as you have, nobody is stopping them from making a law. They don't need court's liberty or recommendation for it," a bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Tushar Rao Gedela said.
