Supreme Court to consider need for secular law on succession for Muslims
Terming the issue “important”, the bench sought assistance from a law officer to be nominated by attorney general | Latest News India
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Terming the issue “important”, the bench sought assistance from a law officer to be nominated by attorney general | Latest News India
Safiya PM, a resident of Alappuzha and general secretary of 'Ex-Muslims of Kerala', said though she has not officially left Islam, but she is a non-believer and wanted enforcement of her fundamental right to religion under Article 25, saying it must include "the right not to believe" as well.
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 29) issued notice on a writ petition seeking a declaration that a person who was born a Muslim, but ceased to be believer, would not be governed by the Shariat...
In her plea, the woman said that as “a born Muslim woman to a non-practising Muslim father, who has not officially left the religion, is facing the peculiar problem in protecting her precious civil rights”.
SC sought responses from the Centre and the Kerala government on a plea of a non-believer Muslim woman that instead of Shariat.