In the petition, Akhtar Ilyas requested the court to declare unconstitutional sections 7 and 12 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Enforcement of Women’s Property Rights Act, 2019. APP/File
PESHAWAR: A lawyer on Thursday moved the Peshawar High Court challenging some provisions of the women’s property rights law, which assigned judicial powers to the provincial anti-harassment ombudsperson.
In the petition, Akhtar Ilyas requested the court to declare unconstitutional sections 7 and 12 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Enforcement of Women’s Property Rights Act, 2019, insisting that the sections are in conflict with the constitutional provision guaranteeing the separation of the judiciary from the executive.
The respondents in the petition are the provincial government through its chief secretary, provincial law secretary and the provincial ombudsperson appointed under the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010.