NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to respond to a plea seeking that Muslim women be allowed to enter mosques across the country claiming that such restrictions were “unconstitutional” and violative of the right to equality and gender justice.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, hearing the matter through video-conferencing, agreed to hear the petition which has sought setting aside of directions or ‘fatwa’ restraining Muslim women from entering the mosques.
Besides the Centre, the bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy, issued notices to others including the Ministry of Minorities Affairs, National Commission for Women and All India Muslim Personal Law Board and sought their responses on the plea. (AGENCIES)
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