The Supreme Court on Monday (February 2, 2026) sought responses from the Centre and 12 States, including Rajasthan and Arunachal Pradesh, on a fresh PIL filed by the National Council of Churches in India challenging the validity of their respective anti-conversion laws.
The National Council of Churches in India (NCCI), represented by senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, also sought a stay on the operation of these State laws.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi took note of the submissions of the NCCI and sought responses from the Centre and 12 State Governments within four weeks.
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Ordering tagging of the fresh pleas with the pending ones, the CJI said a three-judge bench would hear them together.
