A state court in central India has granted permission to conduct an annual Christian convention, protecting the right to practice faith despite opposition from the Madhya Pradesh state administration. “We feel relieved and happy,” Pastor Kamesh Solanki said after the Madhya Pradesh state High Court admonished the state officials on June 16 not to deny permission to the convention on “frivolous grounds.” Solanki, who leads an independent church, petitioned the court to challenge the Khargone district administration’s ongoing refusal to conduct a three-day annual Christian convention that began in 2010. Since the convention, scheduled for May 16-18, could not be conducted, the court instructed the petitioner to file a new application with a revised schedule. When “such an application is filed, the respondent (district administration) shall allow the same and also provide proper security as and when required, and shall not reject the same on frivolous grounds,” the court ruled. Solanki said the permission was denied, stating that the convention, named Atmik Jagrati Mahotsav (Spiritual Awareness Program), could not be conducted due to the India-Pakistan tension.
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