Change in bench hearing Ashwini Upadhyay plea in Supreme Court against religious conversion

The PIL was earlier being heard by a bench led by Justice MR Shah, which had refused to get into the maintainability of the pleas or expunge statements in the petition against minorities.

CJI Chandrachud, Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala and SC

The petition filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyay before the Supreme Court against 'forceful religious conversions' will now be heard by a bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud [In Re: The Issue of Religious Conversion].

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Supreme Court of India

Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay

Religious conversion

Freedom of Religion

CJI DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud