The amended act came into force on June 1, and to date, three cases have been filed under it, according to submissions made by advocate general Kamal Trivedi. In the operative part of the order, as declared in open court during the course of physical proceedings, Chief Justice Vikram Nath stated, “After recording the preliminary submissions and the arguments advanced, we have directed as follows, We are therefore of the opinion that pending further hearing, the rigors of sections 3, 4, 4A to 4C, 5, 6 and 6A, shall not operate merely because marriage is solemnized by a person of one religion with another without force, or allurement or fraudulent means and such marriages cannot be termed as marriages for the purpose of unlawful conversion. On Thursday, following the pronouncement of the order, the advocate general requested the bench if it may also clarify in its order that the operation of the said sections may be allowed if indeed there is a marriage that results in forceful conversion. To this, the bench responded that its order has basically said that minus the ingredient of force, allurement, or fraudulent means established in religious conversion following marriage, the same cannot be construed as an offense.
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