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A screen shot from a video taken on the day the Children’s Home facility was raided by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). (Photo: Courtesy of Dr. A Matney) In a recent verdict, the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur Bench, has upheld the State’s decision to deny the renewal of recognition to … Read more
Central Wing of the Supreme Court of India where the Chief Justice’s courtroom is situated. (Photo: Subhashish Panigrahi/Wikimedia Commons) The appointment of a Christian judge to India’s top court last week was welcomed by Christian leaders and the minority community as “good news,” noting that “one of our own has been appointed at the highest … Read more
Pastor Keshab Acharya and his wife Junu Acharya. (Photo: Christian Today/Hannah Mitchell) The Supreme Court in Nepal denied the application of a Nepali pastor and upheld the High Court judgement of a one-year jail term and fine, even after there were no witnesses to establish the allegation of proselytization, said the pastor himself. Keshab Raj … Read more
(Photo: Pixabay) A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Muslim man to 25 years in prison for killing a Christian woman who rejected his marriage proposal. Muhammad Shahzad, the Muslim man who is also known as Shani, was sentenced by Judge Azam Khan of the Islamabad Session Court for the murder of Sonia Allah Rakha, … Read more
Central Wing of the Supreme Court of India where the Chief Justice’s courtroom is situated. (Photo: Subhashish Panigrahi/Wikimedia Commons) In a significant development, the Supreme Court of India on October 6, 2023, issued a stay on the arrest of Dr. Rajendra Bihari Lal, Vice-Chancellor of the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology, and Sciences (SHUATS), … Read more
People in Mizoram demonstrate against the horrifying occurrences and continued assault against women in Manipur. (Photo: Screenshot of images shared on social media) After a 48-hour bandh early last week in Imphal valley against the arrest of five Meitei youth for possessing firearms, an Imphal court recently granted bail to the five. The court’s decision … Read more
Christ Church, Kasauli, the oldest church of Himachal Pradesh, opened for divine service on July 24, 1853. (Photo: Christian Today/Shireen Bhatia) On September 6, a single-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court ruled that activities such as distributing the Bible, promoting education for children and providing “good teachings” do not constitute “allurement” under Uttar Pradesh’s … Read more
ECI church, Hariharganj, Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: Courtesy of ECI) In a recent development, the Supreme Court has provided interim protection from arrest to the Chairman of the Broadwell Christian Hospital Society in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, amidst allegations of forceful religious conversion. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala has … Read more
(Photo: Unsplash/Mohamed Nohassi) The Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued a directive urging the government to respond to a petition aimed at halting the forced conversion and marriage of minority girls, often used to disguise instances of child rape. The move follows a petition challenging the Lahore High Court’s decision to send Nayab Gill, a … Read more
(Photo: Pixabay/Adeboro Odunlami) A court in northern Nigeria has granted a court order protecting an 18-year-old Christian convert from threats to her life by family members, a ruling that emphasizes the fundamental right to change religion, in this case, from Islam to Christianity. Mary Olowe, not her real name, faced death threats from her father … Read more