A file photo of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath. | Ludovic Marin/AFP
The Allahabad High Court on Friday issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government, asking it to file counter affidavits to a batch of petitions challenging the recently passed law aimed at preventing forced conversions for inter-faith marriages, reported
Live Law. The court, however, refused to grant interim relief in the form of a stay order.
The bench of Justices Govind Mathur and Piyush Agrawal has asked the state government to file the affidavits by January 4, while the petitioners can file a rejoinder affidavit by January 6. The matter will be heard next on January 7.