Cannot Escape Petition On Inheritance By Muslim Women Just Because LCI Is Examining UCC: Delhi HC [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, last week, refused to exempt the Centre from filing a counter-affidavit on a Petition challenging the laws of succession so far as entitlement to inheritance of Muslim women is concerned.The Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar noted that the Centre had sought an adjournment submitting that the issue of framing of the Uniform...