Supreme Court To Hear Gujarat Plea Against Order On Religious Conversion
NDTV
The Gujarat High Court had earlier stayed Section 5 of Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021 that mandated permission of DMs for religious conversion.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice on a petition challenging the Gujarat High Court's order staying Section 5 of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021, which mandated permission of District Magistrates for religious conversion.
A bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari, while hearing an appeal filed by the state government, against staying Section 5 of the Act issued notice to Jamiat Ulama E-Hind Gujarat and the other on whose petition High Court order had come.
"Issue notice," said the bench.
The Gujarat High Court on August 19 last year in an interim order had stayed Sections 3, 4, 4A to 4C, 5, 6 and 6A of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act 2021.
