NEW DELHI: A Muslim woman, NGO Khuran Sunnath Society and now a Muslim advocate have moved SC over the years seeking that they be kept out of the purview of "unfair" inheritance provisions in the Sharia law which they consider to be palpably discriminatory towards women, and sought that they be allowed to follow the secular Indian Succession Act.
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Kerala-based Khuran Sunnath Society had moved a petition before SC a decade ago, and one Safiya PM in 2024, but the court is yet to decide on the issue. On Thursday, advocate Naushad KK's PIL sought similar relief, but with a difference. A bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar heard Naushad and Safiya's counsel and agreed to tag the petitions together.
The court issued notices to Centre and Kerala govERNMENt.
Sunnath Society had asked SC to adjudicate whether it was fair to discriminate against Muslim women purely based on gender and on an erroneous interpretation of Sharia, and deny them right of inheritance equal to Muslim men when the Constitution provided equal rights and protection to every citizen.