In 2025, more than 800 anti-Christian acts were recorded in India and 285 in the first half of 2026. In the face of the continued force and inaction of the authorities, Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore decided to talk on behalf of an increasingly threatened Christian number before the ultimate Court of the country.
On July 15, this tribunal resumed the examination of a petition filed by Archbishop Machado, along with the National Solidarity Forum and Evangelical Fellowship of India. Their goal is to get the Indian authorities to take concrete steps against the violence, intimidation and speech of hatred against Christian communities. The petition was initiated in 2022, after which it was repeatedly postponed and held in ad hoc mode.
The data presented to the court gives an thought of the scale of the phenomenon. According to reasons, more than 800 anti-Christian acts were recorded in 2025, as well as 285 reported incidents during the first six months of 2026. These data include interrupted prayer meetings, attacks on churches, intimidation of believers. force increases especially during crucial liturgical holidays, especially Christmas, Lent, large Friday and Easter. Often, accusations of “forced conversion” service as a pretext for intervention by Indian nationalist groups. Victims can then be held liable on the basis of anti-conversion laws adopted in respective states of India.
Petition pays peculiar attention to the Narayanpur territory of Chhattisgarh. Christian families were expelled from their villages during the riots in 2022 and 2023. any of them were subsequently prosecuted, alternatively of being protected by the authorities. In February and April 2026, 38 Christians were yet acquitted due to the deficiency of evidence to support their allegations.
Applicants request the ultimate Court to introduce effective police protection, especially during crucial Christian holidays, to guarantee the impartiality of investigations and to enforce existing guidelines on the prevention of collective violence. They besides request that victims no longer be treated as guilty solely on the basis of accusations of proselytism.
AB, KAI
