The Supreme Court will hear the demand for a ban on anti-conversion laws of different states. The court has asked the states to file replies in 4 weeks. The case will be heard after 6 weeks. The 10 states that have been asked to file answers are- Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Jharkhand.

Several petitioners including Citizen for Justice and Peace, Jamiat Ulema A Hind, Ruphakha Verma have said that through these laws, adults who are voluntarily marrying are being targeted voluntarily. Laws are being used in minority harassment. The Supreme Court had already issued notice in the case of some states. Now, the pending petitions have been transferred to the High Court regarding the law of some other states.

Senior advocate CU Singh mentioned the law of Uttar Pradesh while keeping a case in front of a bench headed by Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai. He said, ‘UP has made a provision of a minimum sentence of 20 years. Along with this, the conditions of bail have been made difficult like PMLA. Now the accused himself has to prove that he has not committed any crime. In such a situation, it becomes very difficult to get bail. Any person can complain under this law. For this reason, the crowd has started catching inter-religious couples during festivals etc.

CU Singh recently talked about making a tough law in Rajasthan too. After this, lawyers like Indira Jaisingh, Vrinda Grover and Sanjay Hegde also accused of harassment in the name of prevention of illegal conversion in different states. The court said that it would not order immediate stop. The first states should be replied. After this, there will be ideas.

Along with these petitions, the petition of advocate Ashwini Upadhyay was also filed in the court. This petition has demanded a strict law against illegal conversion across the country. The court ordered the separation of this petition from the rest of the petitions. The judges said that it will be heard separately.