The Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti, a Hindu religious organisation, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in a batch of petitions challenging anti-conversion laws enacted by several states.

Filed through advocate Atulesh Kumar, the application requests that the Samiti be added as a party in the proceedings and be permitted to submit written arguments defending the laws. The plea supports the validity of legislations such as the Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2018 , Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 , Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2019 , and Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2021 .

The organisation argues that the right to “propagate” a religion under Article 25 of the Constitution does not include the right

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