Upon reviewing the disputed broadcast, NBDSA opined that it was evident that the anchor immediately concluded that men from a specific community deceived women from another community by concealing their religious identity, resulting in violence or murders against such women.
Further, every instance of violence or murder involving women from a particular community was linked to ‘love jihad’, NBDSA noted.
Merely because a Hindu girl married a boy of another faith would not be tantamount to ‘love jihad’ unless it is established that such Hindu girl was duped or coerced into the marriage, it added.
“Some such instances should not lead to making generalized statements regarding inter-faith marriages by giving it a communal color. Every citizen, from whichever religion, has a right to marry a person of his/her choice, irrespective of the religion to which he/she belongs,” noted NBDSA while imposing a fine of ₹1lakh on Times Now Navbharat.
Source: Barandbench
