Dear Sandeep, Thank you for that forward. Sadly the court is splitting hairs here and it is indeed doing Indian society a grave injustice. Such intolerance in the end will lead to much disquiet in our society.
Best, Selma --- On Sat, 12/20/08, Sandeep Heble <sandeephe...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Sandeep Heble <sandeephe...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Goanet] The Right to convert > To: goa...@goanet.org > Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 9:29 AM > Selma, > > Follow the news report below to know the legal position of > this in India. > > Cheers > Sandeep > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Nobody has right to convert: SC > > NEW DELHI: There is no such thing as a fundamental right to > convert > any person to one's own religion and the government can > impose certain > restrictions keeping in view public order, the Supreme > Court has ruled.