Last Updated: January 05, 2023, 23:51 IST
A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud had stated it should take a name on whether or not all of the instances pending earlier than a number of High Courts difficult the Acts needs to be transferred to the Supreme Court.
Jamiat UlamaiHind on Thursday moved the Supreme Court difficult anticonversion legal guidelines of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, saying they’ve been enacted to “harass” interfaith {couples} and implicate them in felony instances.
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Thursday moved the Supreme Court difficult anti-conversion legal guidelines of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, saying they’ve been enacted to “harass” interfaith couples and implicate them in criminal cases.
The Muslim body, in its PIL filed through advocate Ejaz Maqbool, said the provisions of all the local laws of the five states force a person to disclose his/ her faith and consequently, invade the privacy of a person.
“The petitioners are filing the present writ petition…challenging the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition Of Unlawful Conversion Of Religion Act, 2021, the Uttarakhand Freedom Of Religion Act, 2018, the Himachal Pradesh Freedom Of Religion Act, 2019, the Madhya Pradesh Freedom Of Religion Act, 2021 and the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021,” the plea stated.
“The obligatory disclosure of one’s faith in any type quantities to violation of the precise to manifest his/her beliefs because the stated proper consists of the precise to not manifest one’s beliefs,” it stated.
Further, the provisions of the five Acts entitle the family members of persons entering into interfaith marriage to lodge a first information report (FIR), virtually giving them a fresh tool for harassing a convert, the plea contended.
These laws are being misused by the disgruntled family members, it said.
“It is submitted that the phrase ‘undue influence’ is too wide and vague and the same can be used to prosecute any person who is in a stronger position vis-a-vis the converted person,” it stated.
Earlier, whereas listening to a batch of petitions difficult the Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh legal guidelines, a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud had stated it should take a name on whether or not all of the instances pending earlier than a number of High Courts difficult the Acts needs to be transferred to the Supreme Court.
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