Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act 2021

Subject – Governance

Context – HC protects interfaith couples from Gujarat law.

Concept –

It prohibits forcible religious conversion by marriage.
It proposes punishment of 3-10 years in jail for forcible or fraudulent religious conversions through marriage.
It amends the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003.
The amendment aims to reduce the “emerging trend” where women are “lured to marriage” for the purposes of religious conversion.