NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Tuesday said the term ‘love jihad’ — popularly used to describe cases of allegedly forced inter-faith marriages — was not defined under existing laws and no such case had been reported by any central agencies.In reply to a question by LS MP Behanan Benny asking if the government was aware of Kerala HC ’s observation that there was no case of ‘love jihad’ in the state, junior home minister G Kishan Reddy referred to Article 25 of the Constitution, which provides for freedom to profess, practice and propagate religion subject to public order, morality and health.“Various courts have upheld this view, including Kerala HC. The term ‘love jihad’ is not defined under extant laws. No such case of ‘love jihad’ has been reported by any of the central agencies. However, two cases from Kerala involving inter-faith marriages have been investigated by the National Investigation Agency ,” he said.The NIA had probed the case relating to inter-faith marriage of Kerala girl Hadiya, a Hindu who converted to Islam, to Shafin Jahan. It also probed a similar case of another Hindu girl from Kerala, Athira, who had alleged that she was being lured into embracing Islam.