UP 'Anti-Conversion' Law Prohibits Live-In Relation Between Interfaith Couples: Allahabad High Court

In a recent development at the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, a significant ruling regarding live-in relationships and the U.P. Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 has been made. The case, bearing Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 2330 of 2024, involved Shilpa Alias Shikha and another petitioner versus the State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and Others. The petitioners sought the quashing of…