New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday stated that it will consider a batch of pleas filed seeking a stay on anti-conversion laws that have been enacted and enforced in various states.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran sought the response of various State governments to pleas challenging anti-conversion laws within a period of four weeks.

The Court has listed the matter to be heard next in six weeks.

During the hearing, the counsel appearing for one of the various petitioners submitted that various States, especially Uttar Pradesh, have made their anti-conversion laws more and more stringent. Violation of the said anti-conversion law in UP comes with a minimum sentence of 20 year...