Gender Bias In Hindu Inheritance Law? Supreme Court Seeks Centre's View

The Centre has been given four weeks' time to respond.

A petition alleging "sections of the Hindu Succession Act are unconstitutional and violate gender equality" was on Tuesday heard by the Supreme Court at a time debate around the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is largely focused on gender injustice perceived to be prevalent in the personal laws of minority communities.

The Centre has been given four weeks' time to respond.

"The court should intervene on behalf of Hindu women because while society is moving towards gender equality, the Hindu Succession Act discriminates based on gender," the petition stated.

The petition, filed by Kamal Anant Khopkar, was taken up by a three-judge bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Bela Trivedi.