விரும்பினால் மதம் மாறுவதும் ஒரு தனிநபரின் அரசியலமைப்பு உரிமை - உயர்நீதிமன்றம்1838986028
விரும்பினால் மதம் மாறுவதும் ஒரு தனிநபரின் அரசியலமைப்பு உரிமை - உயர்நீதிமன்றம் The Delhi High Court on Friday observed that petitions about religious conversions based on information gathered from newspapers, WhatsApp and social media cannot be examined, Bar and Bench reported. “Newspaper, WhatsApp, social media may or may not contain facts but they can’t be basis for petition,” the court said. The court held that it is an individual’s prerogative and constitutional right to choose their own religion and to convert if they wish to. Allegations of someone being forced to convert need sufficient evidence to substantiate such claims, and require deeper consideration, the court said. “Social media is not data,” said a bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Tushar Rao Gedela, according to Bar and Bench. “Things can be morphed there. Conversion is not prohibited. It is the right of a person to profess any religion or chose any religion. That is the constitutional right” The court was hearin