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Status: In force
Overview
The current bill has 12 clauses which
criminalise only the following acts:[3]
See also
Godman (India)
Superstition in India
Drugs and Magic Remedies
(Objectionable Advertisements) Act,
1954
Further reading
"Maharashtra Ordinance No. XIV OF
2013 (Full Text)" (PDF). Bombay High
Court. Archived from the original (PDF)
on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October
2013.
References
1. "Bold but fuzzy" . Frontline. 12 August
2006. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
2. "The anti-black magic and superstition
ordinance has been promulgated in
Maharashtra" . DNA India. 24 August
2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
3. "What the anti-superstition bill is
about" . DNA India. 26 August 2013.
Retrieved 5 October 2013.
4. "Anti-Superstition Ordinance Brought" .
Daily Pioneer. 28 August 2013.
Retrieved 5 October 2013.
5. "Govt to back anti-superstition bill:
Prithviraj Chavan" . The Times of India.
12 July 2013. Retrieved 8 November
2013.
6. "Government to train senior police
inspectors to implement act" . The
Times of India. 9 September 2013.
Retrieved 8 November 2013.
7. "Maharashtra's delayed move on black
magic" . The Indian Express. 29
August 2013. Retrieved 8 November
2013.
8. "Anti-superstition bill gathers dust" .
Tehelka. 17 July 2004. Archived from
the original on 12 October 2013.
Retrieved 5 October 2013.
9. "Check spiritual frauds, exhorts social
activist" . The Times of India. 5 August
2003. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
10. "Anti-superstition Bill introduced" . The
Hindu. 15 December 2005. Retrieved
5 October 2013.
11. "Bill against superstition adopted" .
The Times of India. 17 December
2005. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
12. Religious groups fear ‘black magic’ of
police
13. "Religious groups fear 'black magic' of
police" . DNA India. 26 February 2006.
Retrieved 5 October 2013.
14. "Mahim brings faith bill to fore" . DNA
India. 20 August 2006. Retrieved
5 October 2013.
15. "Anti-superstition bill continues to
attract sceptics" . DNA India. 5 May
2011. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
16. "Activists take punishment to open
eyes" . Gulf News. 18 July 2008.
Retrieved 5 October 2013.
17. "Scrap anti-superstition bill" . The
Indian Express. 9 November 2010.
Retrieved 5 October 2013.
18. "Rally to press for anti-superstition
bill" . The Times of India. 5 April 2011.
Retrieved 5 October 2013.
19. "Anti-superstition Bill to be ready in this
session: Ajit" . The Times of India. 8
April 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
20. "Putting pressure: Cable campaign for
anti-superstition bill" . DNA India. 7
July 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
21. "Rationalist Dabholkar shot dead" .
The Hindu. 20 August 2013. Retrieved
5 October 2013.
22. "Maharashtra to issue anti-superstition
ordinance" . The Hindu. 22 September
2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
23. "Anti-superstition law draws first
blood" . The Hindu. 5 September
2005. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
24. " 'Lord Krishna' held under anti-
superstition law" . DNA India. 11
September 2013. Retrieved 5 October
2013.
25. "Guv signs anti-superstition and black
magic ordinance" . Sakal Times. 25
August 2013. Retrieved 5 October
2013.
26. "CM failed to discuss Anti-Jaadu Tona
Bill" . DNA India. 6 August 2013.
Retrieved 5 October 2013.
27. Staff Reporter. "Anti-Superstition bill
introduced in Maharashtra Assembly" .
The Hindu. Retrieved 22 October
2015.
28. "Anti-superstition bill clears first
hurdle" . hindustantimes.com/.
Retrieved 22 October 2015.
29. "Anti-superstition Bill passed by
Maharashtra Assembly" . Retrieved
22 October 2015.
30. "Maharashtra Legislative Council
Passes Black Magic Bill" . The New
Indian Express. Retrieved 22 October
2015.
31. http://www.indlawnews.com/Newsdis
play.aspx?f4ec9346-b68c-4aa9-96be-
58eaa4f0b24f
32. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from
the original (PDF) on 20 December
2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
33. "Dabholkar aides meet Rahul, Pawar
for central anti-superstition law" . First
Post (India). 18 September 2013.
Retrieved 5 October 2013.
34. "National anti-black magic bill
required: Dabholkar's daughter" . The
Hindu. 16 September 2013. Retrieved
5 October 2013.
35. "Narendra Dabholkar: India's
Maharashtra state bans black magic
after killing" . BBC News. 21 August
2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
36. "Anti-superstition law drafted in such a
way that Warkaris will not oppose it:
Shyam Manav" . DNA India. 27
September 2013. Retrieved 5 October
2013.
37. Ellen Barry (24 August 2013). "Battling
Superstition, Indian Paid With His
Life" . New York Times. Retrieved
8 April 2016.
External links
Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan
Samiti (AntiSuperstition.org) founded
by Narendra Dabholkar
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