<p dir="auto">Pleas have been filed in the Supreme Court against the Uttar Pradesh's Ordinance, issued on November 24 to check incidents of 'love-Jihad' and similar law passed by Uttarakhand in 2018, saying it was against the public policy and society at large, besides curtailing fundamental rights of the citizen.</p>.<p dir="auto">The move by the two state governments was also against the provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, the petition filed jointly by two advocates and a law researcher claimed.</p>.<p dir="auto">The plea challenged the validity of the 'Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020' and 'the Uttarakhand Freedom Of Religion Act, 2018'. </p>.<p dir="auto">The petitioner's advocates Vishal Thakre and Abhay Singh Yadav and PhD student Pranvesh claimed such laws would create fear in the society. </p>.<p dir="auto">"This would also become a potent tool in the hands of bad elements of the society to falsely implicate anyone. It would also harm the public at a large and will create a chaotic situation in the society," the plea claimed. They asked the court to declare the Ordinance and law as ultra vires of the Constitution and ensure those were not implemented.</p>.<p dir="auto">A separate petition filed by advocate Neeraj Shukla questioned the validity of the UP government's Ordinance, saying the right to live with a person of his or her choice, irrespective of religion professed by them, was intrinsic to right to life and personal liberty.</p>.<p dir="auto">The Yogi Adityanath government's Ordinance carried a maximum punishment of 10 years jail for conversion brought on fraud, deceit and misrepresentation of facts, for the purpose of marriage.</p>
<p dir="auto">Pleas have been filed in the Supreme Court against the Uttar Pradesh's Ordinance, issued on November 24 to check incidents of 'love-Jihad' and similar law passed by Uttarakhand in 2018, saying it was against the public policy and society at large, besides curtailing fundamental rights of the citizen.</p>.<p dir="auto">The move by the two state governments was also against the provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, the petition filed jointly by two advocates and a law researcher claimed.</p>.<p dir="auto">The plea challenged the validity of the 'Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020' and 'the Uttarakhand Freedom Of Religion Act, 2018'. </p>.<p dir="auto">The petitioner's advocates Vishal Thakre and Abhay Singh Yadav and PhD student Pranvesh claimed such laws would create fear in the society. </p>.<p dir="auto">"This would also become a potent tool in the hands of bad elements of the society to falsely implicate anyone. It would also harm the public at a large and will create a chaotic situation in the society," the plea claimed. They asked the court to declare the Ordinance and law as ultra vires of the Constitution and ensure those were not implemented.</p>.<p dir="auto">A separate petition filed by advocate Neeraj Shukla questioned the validity of the UP government's Ordinance, saying the right to live with a person of his or her choice, irrespective of religion professed by them, was intrinsic to right to life and personal liberty.</p>.<p dir="auto">The Yogi Adityanath government's Ordinance carried a maximum punishment of 10 years jail for conversion brought on fraud, deceit and misrepresentation of facts, for the purpose of marriage.</p>
