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Uttar Pradesh’s religious conversion Act
October 22 , 2025
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- The Supreme Court quashed several FIRs registered at Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh over alleged offence of "mass religious conversions" of Hindus into Christianity.
- The FIRs were filed under Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021.
- As per the UP Act, as it stood then, only victims (or their relatives) could have lodged an FIR.
- The SC held that, the criminal law cannot be allowed to be made a tool of harassment of innocent persons.
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