Updated On: 03 December, 2020 05:30 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
The petitioners contended that the Parliament has no power to amend the fundamental rights, and if this ordinance is implemented, it will harm public at a large and will create a chaotic situation in the society

Supreme Court
A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court challenging the The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion Of Religion Ordinance, 2020 and the Uttarakhand Freedom Of Religion Act, 2018.
The plea moved by advocates Vishal Thakre and Abhay Singh Yadav and law researcher Pranvesh, states that the UP ordinance disturbs the basic structure of the Constitution. "The most important issue was whether the Parliament has the power to amend the fundamental rights enshrined under Part III of the Constitution," said the plea.