A petition filed in the Supreme Court of India seeks a judicial declaration that forced or fraudulent religious conversion constitutes a 'terrorist act' under Indian law. Filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, the plea links deceitful conversion to threats against sovereignty, secularism, democracy, liberty, fraternity, and national integration. The petition appears connected to the TCS Nashik case, though the article does not specify the underlying facts of that matter. Upadhyay's petition asks the court to issue directions placing such conversions within the legal framework governing terrorism, a classification that would significantly expand the criminal exposure of those found to have engaged in coercive or deceptive proselytization. If the Supreme Court were to entertain the plea substantively, it would require examination of existing anti-conversion statutes, freedom of religion protections under Articles 25-28 of the Constitution, and applicable counter-terrorism law. The court's response to the admissibility of this petition is the immediate threshold to watch.
India's Expenditure Finance Committee has cleared a Rs 1.25 lakh crore outlay for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0, up 64 percent from ISM 1.0's Rs 76,000 crore. The proposal now goes to the Cabinet, as two chip plants begin commercial output and a third, CG Semi, is set to open July 4, 2026.
The Supreme Court blocked Trump from firing Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, preserving the Fed's independence from presidential removal power. A separate ruling the same day gave Trump broader authority to dismiss leaders of other independent federal agencies.
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The US Supreme Court, splitting along ideological lines, has allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
