Citizens For Justice And Peace vs. The State Of Chhattisgarh

ITEM NO.31 COURT NO.4 SECTION PIL-W

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 63/2022

ASHWINI KUMAR UPADHYAY Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION)

Date : 09-01-2023 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.T. RAVIKUMAR

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv.

Mr. Himanshu Chaturvedi, Adv.

Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Jayant K Sud, ASG. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Pratyush Shrivastava, Adv.

Mr. Navanjay Mahapatra, Adv.

Mr. Randeep Sachdeva, Adv.

Mr. Kartik Jasra, Adv.

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

Mr. P. Wilson, Sr. Adv.

Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR

Mrs. Deepa. S, Adv.

Mr. Sheikh F. Kalia, Adv.

Ms. Divya Singh, Adv.

Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Adv. Mr. Kaustubh Shukla, AOR

Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR

Mr. Alok Kumar Pandey, Adv.

Ms. Savitri Verma, Adv.

Ms. Mamta Kumari, Adv.

Mr. Sharan Dev Singh Thakur, AAG Mr. Sarvesh Singh Baghel, AOR

Mr. Manoj V. George, Adv. Mr. K.M. Vignesh Ram, Adv. Mr. Nasib Masih, Adv. Ms. Darshana Nair, Adv. Mr. Aakarsh Kamra, AOR Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Bansal, Adv. Dr. A.P. Singh, Adv. Ms. Geeta Chauhan, Adv. Mr. V.P. Singh, Adv. Ms. Pratima Rani, Adv. Ms. Richa Singh, Adv. Mr. Sadashiv, AOR Mr. C.U. Singh, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR Mr. Rahul Raj Mishra, Adv. Mr. Bineesh K., Adv. Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. K V Girish Chowdary, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Nit Richhariya, Adv. Mr. T Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv. Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kr Garg, Sr. Adv. Mr. Atulesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raman Kr Bharti, Adv. Mr. Atulesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Gaichangpou Gangmei, Adv. Mr. Arjun D. Singh, Adv. Mr. Yashvir Kumar, Adv. Mr. Santosh Paul, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sanbha Rumnong, Adv. Mr. M.F. Philip, Adv. Mr. Jaiwant Patankar, Adv. Mr. Maithreya Shetty, Adv.

Mr. Sriharsh N. Bundela, Adv. Mr. Vedant Mishra, Adv. Ms. Purnima Krishna, AOR Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv. Mr. Md. Sharuk Ali, Adv. Mr. Raghav Gupta, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pathak, Adv. Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aditya Sharma, AOR Mr. Bijan Kumar Ghosh, AOR Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siju Thomas, Adv. Ms. Lija Meri John, Adv. Mr. Ajay Justice Shaw, Adv. Mr. Akshat Malpani, Adv. Ms. Ayushi Gaur, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv. Ms. Masoom Rajsingh, Adv. Ms. Sonali Suryavanshi, Adv. Mr. Anas Tanwir, AOR Ms. Meenakshi Arora, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dhiraj Abraham Philip, AOR Ms. Priya Aristotle, AOR Mr. Rakesh Mishra, AOR Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, AOR Mr. Abhishek Chauhan, Adv. Ms. Rajshri A. Dubey, Adv. Mr. H.b. Dubey, Adv. Mr. Amit P. Shahi, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Huzefa Ahmadi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shahrukh Alam, Adv. Ms. Akriti Chaubey, AOR Mr. Shantanu Singh, Adv.

Mr. Charudatta Vijayrao Mahindrakar, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

The present petition be titled as "In Re: The issue of religious conversion**" henceforth.**

Looking to the seriousness and importance of the matter, we request Shri R. Venkataramani, learned Attorney General for India, also to appear in the matter and assist the Court either as amicus or otherwise.

Learned counsel, who appears on advance copy, on behalf of the State of Tamil Nadu, prays for time to file counter affidavit. He is permitted to do so.

Put up on 07.02.2023.

(R. NATARAJAN) (NISHA TRIPATHI) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR