New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Center to file a reply to a petition demanding permission for women to enter all mosques in the country. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Judges SA Bobde and SA Nazir has asked the government to reply and fixed the next hearing date of the case on November 5.
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The court was hearing a petition filed by Yasmin Zubeer Ahmed Peerzada, asking the Supreme Court to declare the ban on the entry of women into mosques as 'illegal and unconstitutional' as it guaranteed fundamental rights under the Constitution Breaches.
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The petition also mentions that mosques where women are allowed entry have separate entrances and separate grounds for both. The petition states that there should be no gender discrimination and all Muslim women should be allowed to offer namaz in all mosques. Earlier, the Supreme Court has also issued a notice to the Muslim Personal Law Board and Waqf Board asking them to respond.
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