Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL on religious conversions Updated: Updated: April 09, 2021 16:44 IST Religious conversion by 'carrot and stick' and by 'hook or crook' not only offends Articles 14, 21, 25, but is also against the principles of secularism, argued the petitioner Share Article A view of the Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: S. Subramanium Religious conversion by 'carrot and stick' and by 'hook or crook' not only offends Articles 14, 21, 25, but is also against the principles of secularism, argued the petitioner The Supreme Court on Friday said people are free to choose their own religion, even as it lashed out at a “very, very harmful kind” of “public interest” petition claiming there is mass religious conversion happening “by hook or by crook” across the country.