The Supreme Court has sought response from the Rajasthan government on a petition challenging the validity of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Act, 2025. The bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta has issued a notice to the state government and sought its response on the petition of People’s Union for Liberties and others. The bench has attached different pending petitions related to the same issue to this petition.
Senior advocate Sanjay Parikh appeared on behalf of the petitioners. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench that similar cases are pending before the Supreme Court and this petition should be added to it.
The petitioners have called the provisions of the Act arbitrary
The petitioners have sought a declaration that the provisions of the Act are ‘arbitrary, unreasonable, illegal and ultra vires the Constitution’ and violate Article 14 (equality before law) and Article 21 (protection of life and personal liberty), among other articles.
On November 17, the Supreme Court had sought response from the Rajasthan government and others on a separate petition challenging the validity of the Act. On November 3, the Supreme Court had agreed to hear two separate petitions challenging the validity of several provisions of the anti-illegal conversion law implemented in Rajasthan.
In September, the Supreme Court had sought answers from many states.
In September, another bench of the Supreme Court had asked several states for their stand on separate petitions seeking a stay on their anti-conversion laws. Then the top court had clarified that after the reply is filed, it will consider the petition to stay the implementation of such laws.
At that time, the bench was considering petitions challenging the constitutional validity of anti-conversion laws implemented in several states including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand and Karnataka.
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