{"id":35076,"date":"2014-09-04T15:55:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T10:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35076"},"modified":"2014-09-04T15:55:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T10:25:52","slug":"love-jihad-hc-asks-govt-ec-file-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/love-jihad-hc-asks-govt-ec-file-response","title":{"rendered":"Love Jihad: HC asks UP govt and EC to file response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/love-jihad.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/love-jihad-hc-asks-govt-ec-file-response\/love-jihad\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/love-jihad.jpg?fit=300%2C255&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,255\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"love jihad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/love-jihad.jpg?fit=150%2C127&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/love-jihad.jpg?fit=294%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-35077\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/love-jihad-294x250.jpg?resize=294%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"love jihad\" width=\"294\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/love-jihad.jpg?resize=294%2C250&amp;ssl=1 294w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/love-jihad.jpg?resize=150%2C127&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/love-jihad.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a>The Allahabad High Court today gave 10 days time to the UP government and the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Election Commission<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">to file a response on a<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PIL<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">seeking direction to restrain the use of word &#8216;Love Jihad&#8217; and action against BJP MP Yogi Adityanath.<\/span><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">The order was passed by a bench of justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and Ashwani Kumar Singh here on the PIL filed by one Pankaj Tiwari in which the Election Commission of India, UP government, Adityanath and Union Minister Kalraj Mishra have been made respondents.<\/span><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">The petitioner through his counsel C B Pandey has alleged that a new kind of communalism was being spread in the name of love jihad.<\/span><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">He has sought direction to restrain use of the word<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Love Jihad<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">and action against Adityanath.<\/span><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">The petitioner has also sought direction to restrain Union Minister Mishra from campaigning during by-election for Vidhan Sabha and Lok Sabha.<\/span><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">He has sought direction that a high-power committee should be constituted to issue directives to check communal violence.<\/span><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">On the request of the state government counsel and the EC counsel, the court granted 10 days time to seek instructions.<\/span><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">The court has fixed September 15 as the next date of hearing.<\/span><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 14px\/22px Tahoma, Arial, Georgia; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Adityanath has alleged that Love Jihad, a term coined by Hindutva activists to protest alleged organised conversion of Hindu girls, is an &#8216;international conspiracy&#8217; 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