SC seeks govt. response on plea challenging Shariat inheritance as discriminatory to women

The Supreme Court connected Thursday (April 16, 2026) decided to analyse a plea that said the provisions of Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act of 1937 connected inheritance and testamentary succession are discriminatory to women.

A Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant issued announcement to the Union authorities connected a petition filed by Poulomi Pavini Shukla, represented by advocates Prashant Bhushan and Nihal Ahmed, that Shariat inheritance and testamentary succession were not “essential spiritual practices”.