Article 35 A : SC defers hearing by three months
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IBNS) : The Supreme court on Monday adjourned hearing on a plea seeking to quash Article 35 A for three months, reports said.
The plea was filed by Charu Wali Khanna, a Supreme Court lawyer seeking scrapping of the article allegedly for its " discriminatory" nature for women who are stripped off the right to own property if they marry someone from outside the state.
The petitioner stated that the Article 14 of Constitution gives a fundamental right to equality before law. But 35 A is heavily loaded in favour of males because even after marriage to women from outside they will not lose the right of being permanent residents.
The petitioner also contended that while a woman from outside the state becomes a permanent resident on marrying a male permanent resident of the state, a daughter who is a born state subject loses the right on marrying an outsider.
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