New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- The Supreme Court has issued notice on a writ petition filed by the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) challenging the constitutional validity of several provisions of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2025.
The petition has been tagged with a batch of similar challenges already pending before the Court.
The Bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice A.G. Masih passed the order after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Court that comparable challenges are pending against anti-conversion laws enacted by Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh, all of which are pari materia in nature.
The Bench noted that writ petitions...