New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two petitions challenging the validity of several provisions of the law against illegal religious conversions that came into force in Rajasthan last month.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the Rajasthan government seeking its response within four weeks on the pleas against the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2025, that was passed by the state assembly in September.

“Why are you aggrieved by this enactment?” the bench asked the advocate appearing for one of the petitioners. The top court also asked why the petitioners did not challenge the Act before the Rajasthan High Court .

The counsel submitted that similar pleas challenging the validity of anti-conversion la

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