Allahabad high court. (File photo)
PRAYAGRAJ: A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed before the Allahabad high court challenging the constitutional validity of Uttar Pradesh government’s ordinance against religious conversions. The court is yet to admit the plea.
An advocate, Saurabh Kumar, has moved the court stating that the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, is both morally and constitutionally invalid. Hence, he has requested the court to declare this law as ultra vires of the Constitution . Besides, the petitioner has requested the court to direct the authorities not to take any coercive action in pursuance of the ordinance which was promulgated last month.