Supreme Court refuses to refer conversion issue to Law Commission

Senior advocate Dushyant Dave says the petition contained ‘unpalatable’
The Supreme Court on Friday refused a plea to refer to the Law Commission of India the question of whether “forcible conversion” should be made a separate offence relating to religion under the Indian Penal Code. The Chief Justice’s query was in response to a submission by senior advocate Arvind Datar, appearing for Ashwini Upadhyay, that forcible conversion ought to be made an offence under Chapter 15 (offences relating to religion) in the Penal Code.

This news was written by Ms Annapoorani, Research assistant, All India Legal Forum.