SC refuses to entertain plea for instructions to curb black magic, pressured spiritual conversions

The Supreme Court on Friday stated individuals above 18 years of age are free to decide on their faith because it refused to entertain a plea looking for instructions to the Centre and states to regulate black magic and non secular conversion.
A bench of Justices RF Nariman, B R Gavai and Hrishikesh Roy instructed senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayana, showing for petitioner advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, “What kind of writ petition is this under Article 32. We will impose a heavy cost on you. You argue on your own risk”.
The bench stated there isn’t any purpose why an individual above 18 can’t be allowed to decide on his faith.
It additional instructed Sankaranarayana, “there is a reason why the word propagate is there in the Constitution”.
Sankaranarayanan then sought liberty to withdraw the petition and permission to make illustration to the federal government and the legislation fee.
The bench additionally refused to grant permission to a illustration to the legislation fee and stated, “no we can’t grant you this permission”. It dismissed the petition as withdrawn.
The plea filed by Upadhyay has additionally sought instructions to determine the feasibility of appointing a committee to enact a Conversion of Religion Act to examine the “abuse of religion”.
“Religious conversion by ‘carrot and stick’ and by ‘hook or crook’ not only offends Articles 14, 21, 25, but is also against the principles of secularism, which is an integral part of the basic structure of the Constitution. Petitioner states with dismay that the Centre and States have failed to control the menace of black magic, superstition and deceitful religious conversion, though it is their duty under Article 51A,” stated the plea filed by means of advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey.
Alleging that the federal government has did not take any concrete motion towards them, the plea stated the Centre might enact a legislation with minimal imprisonment of three years which will prolong as much as 10 years and a hefty fantastic could also be imposed.