Muslim groups welcome SC observations on women’s inheritance rights

Several Muslim organisations in Mumbai on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s fresh observations on the inheritance rights of Muslim females, calling it a extremely critical step in the direction of eradicating gender bias.

Social activist Feroze Mithiborwala talked just a few 3-possess Bench, led by Chief Justice Surya Kant and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and R. Mahadevan, no longer too prolonged ago seen that a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) might moreover be the “handiest respond” to eradicating gender bias in regulations governing marriage, succession, and property rights.

“This commentary came while the Bench modified into once examining a plea no longer easy the Muslim Non-public Rules (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, which the petitioners argue leads to unequal inheritance outcomes for females when put next with their male counterparts,” he added.