India, Oct. 24 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday raised concerns over key provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act 2021, enacted by the Yogi Adityanath government, reportedly describing parts of the law as "onerous" and potentially intrusive.

A bench led by Justice JB Pardiwala, along with Justice Manoj Misra, highlighted the "conspicuous" involvement of government authorities in the religious conversion process.

The court noted that it was not examining the constitutional validity of the UP Conversion Act in this case, but observed that the Act's pre- and post-conversion declaration requirements "seem to introduce a very onerous procedure to be followed by an individual seeking to adopt a faith ...