Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, a senior lawyer representing the Centre, said the plea raised an interesting question. He said the Centre will file its reply as per the SC’s order.Mehta further said that Safia has only one daughter and wanted to bequeath the entire property to her, but Sharia law allows bequething of only 50%. “She wants the benefit of the Indian Succession Act, the secular law,” he said.Last year, the top court notified the Centre and Kerala on the petition. As per Sharia law, the person who leaves her faith in Islam will be ousted from her community, and thereafter, she is not entitled to any inheritance right in her parental property, the petition said.Safiya claimed that she firmly believes that the practices under Sharia law are “highly discriminatory towards Muslim women”, and hence violate the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution.Also in top courtKuki body seeks urgent hearingKuki Organisation for Human Rights Trust on Tuesday sought an urgent hearing of its plea seeking a court-monitored probe into some leaked audio clips, which allegedly implicate Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh for instigating ethnic violence. The bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna agreed to hear the plea, but did not fix a date for it.Supreme Court completes 75 yearsTuesday (January 28) marked a historic day in the Indian judiciary, with Supreme Court completing 75 years of existence, noted a ceremonial bench. On the occasion, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna said that it was a “true people’s court” that evolved into the world’s most vibrant apex court, embodying the aspirations of 1.4 billion people.
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