On January 9, a division bench of the Supreme Court led by Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar asked the Attorney General of India, R Venkataramani, to assist the court in the plea to stop forcible and deceptive religious conversions. A Bench also changed the case title of BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay's PIL to "In Re: Issue of Religious Conversion," and adjourned the matter to February 7.

"The present petition is titled 'in re issue of religious conversion' henceforth. Looking into the seriousness and importance of the matter, Attorney General for India, R Venkataramani is requested to appear in the matter and assist the Court either as amicus or otherwise in any form", the order read. "We want your assistance also, as the Attorney General for India. Religious conversions by force, allurement or some other thing, etc...these are allegations. We are not opining whether it has actually happened or not. If actually it is happening, because there is a difference between right to freedom of religion and right to convert. There are ways and ways, anything by allurement, if that is happening, when what should be done? What are the corrective measures?", the Bench asked the AG, who assured that he would get back after examining the case records.

"Don't bring a political color. Please keep it aside. You can place what you want on record", The Bench reacted quickly. It went on to say that even if the petitioner is a man from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Bench would look into the case. The bench also stated that it will not accept certain intervenors' objections to the PIL's maintainability, pointing out that the Supreme Court had previously refused to hear a similar PIL filed by the same petitioner on the same issue. The intervenors claimed that the petitioner was forum-shopping after unsuccessfully pursuing the matter before other Supreme Court and Delhi High Court benches. A number of intervention applications have been filed in the Supreme Court, alleging that the PIL was based on Whatsapp forwards and unattributed sources in order to create a false narrative of mass conversions. It has also been claimed that the PIL made derogatory remarks about minorities in order to advance a political agenda.