The Chhattisgarh High Court has disposed of two petitions seeking the removal of hoardings prohibiting the entry to pastors and "converted Christians" in eight villages, holding that they were installed to prevent forced conversions through allurement or fraudulent means and could not be termed as unconstitutional.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru observed that the hoardings appeared to have been installed by the gram sabhas as a precautionary measure to protect the interests of indigenous tribals and local cultural heritage.

The order dated October 28 was passed on petitions filed by Digbal Tandi of Kanker district and Narendra Bhavani of Bastar district. The petitioners had raised the issue of the alleged segregation of Christians and their re

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