A VIEW ON ANTI-CONVERSION LAWS IN INDIA

India, the world's biggest democratic country, is home to people of various religious backgrounds who are regulated by divergent family laws and so treated unequally by the state and society. India's main population is Hindu. Muslims, Christians, and a few other religions each have a sizable following. Tolerance is an odd but necessary civic virtue in a pluralistic society. Ancient Indian writings demonstrate that ancient culture incorporated the values of universal toleration and acceptance. Individuals must learn to live peacefully and in harmony with people and behaviours they despise. However, changes on their own are immobile in this universe. It is not novel for individuals to make tactical modifications in their own beliefs in order to conform to their self-interest. When individuals gain various benefits based on their spiritual allegiance and have the freedom to profess, practise, and propagate any religion, a prescription for quick religious conversion is always created. Thus, religion is a highly volatile subject in India, and religious conversion adds to the problem's volatility. Conversions of this nature present a legal difficulty. As a result, numerous state governments have implemented anti-conversion legislation in order to prevent conversions caused by pressure or seduction. Such restrictions