The Supreme Court’s refusal to grant an immediate stay to the Lojahad law; Chief

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New Delhi: 17/March 2023: Chief Justice of india Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Narasimha and Justice J.P. today in the Supreme Court of india on a petition filed against the constitutionality of the Lo Jihad Act and alleged mass conversions. The hearing took place in front of Pardiwala, during which senior lawyers CU Singh, Dushant Dewey, Indira Jai Singh told the court that the court had ordered the states that had enacted laws prohibiting alleged conversion to file a reply on the previous hearing. But among these states, only Himachal Pradesh has filed a reply and none of the states have filed a reply. The lawyers requested the court for an immediate stay on the Lojahad Act, but the court did not accept their submissions and said that The court will hear this case soon. Today, Solicitor General of india Tushar Mehta appeared in the court on behalf of the central government and said that he will try to file a reply before the next hearing of the matter by the central government. During the hearing, Senior Advocate CU Singh told the court that so far ten states have made the Law of Jihad and more states are considering making such laws, protests and demands are being made to make such laws in Maharashtra. Considering the seriousness of the matter, this case should be heard as soon as possible to prevent more states from enacting such laws. Advocate Dushant Dave told the court that the Christian Missionary Hospitals in Uttar Pradesh are lying idle, and they are not being allowed to work on the charge of proselytizing, but they are being harassed continuously, which should be stopped immediately. The Chief Justice said that there will be a constitutional bench in the Supreme Court for the next few days, so the case will be heard immediately after the conclusion of the constitutional bench. But the court will make a decision regarding the stay. During the hearing, Advocate Shahid Nadeem and Advocate Saif Zia, Advocate Mujahid Ahmed and others were present in the court on behalf of Jamia Ulema Hind (Arshad Madani). Parties and individuals have challenged the constitutionality of the Conversion of Religion (Lo Jihad) laws enacted by various states in india, while an advocate named Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has filed a public interest petition requesting the court to ban Muslims and Christians. To take action on the alleged forced conversion of religion. Last hearing p The court noted that 5 petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Lo Jihad Law were filed in the Allahabad High Court, 7 in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, 2 in the Gujarat High Court, 2 in the Jharkhand High Court, 4 in the Himachal Pradesh High Court. , 1/ is pending in the High Court of Karnataka. It may be noted that the constitutionality of the Law on Conversion (Lo Jihad) enacted by five different states of india has been filed in the Supreme Court by the Jamiat Ulema Hind under Article 32/ of the Constitution of india in the public interest which the court has upheld. Accepting it for hearing, the state governments have been ordered to file their reply. This petition of Jamiat Ulema Hind has been filed by Gulzar Azmi, head of the legal aid committee, on the instructions of Jamiat Ulema Hind President Maulana Syed Arshad Madani, the petition said. That the purpose of making such a law is actually to prevent inter-faith marriages between Hindus and Muslims, which is against the religious freedom given in the Constitution of india, which is enshrined in the Constitution. The petition further stated that this law Attempts have been made to curtail religious and personal freedom and to incite hatred among brothers and sisters, so the Supreme Court should intervene and restrain the states from enacting such laws and repeal the states which have enacted such laws. It should be done. It was further said in the petition that Jihad is another way of making law The aspect is also to harass inter-faith couples so that such marriages are stopped. The petition further states that a large number of Muslims have been arrested under the Lo-Jihad Act and this process is continuing, so against Muslims. This unconstitutional law should be struck down and the Supreme Court should order all states to refrain from making such laws.
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