PRAYAGRAJ, May 13 -- The Allahabad high court has pulled up the district administration of Prayagraj for ordering unwarranted and repeated police inquiries under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, against a Muslim man who voluntarily converted to Hinduism.

The inquiries were sought merely because a criminal case was lodged against the petitioner by his Hindu father-in-law, who was apparently opposed to his daughter's marriage to the petitioner. Later, the ADM, Prayagraj had rejected the petitioner's conversion application.

While making these observations, a division bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Indrajeet Shukla directed to put in abeyance the order passed by the ADM (administration), P...