New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has approached the Uttarakhand High Court challenging the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) law in the BJP-ruling state. The court accepted the body’s petition and posted a hearing on the matter for April 1, a release by the boy said.
According to the release, Dr SQR Ilyas, spokesperson of AIMPLB, said the Board has filed a petition arguing that the UCC law violates various articles of the constitution and goes against Muslim personal law, which is protected under the Sharia Application Act of 1937 and the Indian Constitution.
The release read that after notification of the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand (in short “Code”) on 27.01.2025, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, through ten different individuals, filed a petition in the High Court of Uttarakhand challenging the Code. These individuals are affected parties, and a few of them are also associated with the Muslim Personal Law Board.
The petitioners are Razia Baig, Abdul Basit ( both of them are state conveners of various committees), Khursheed Ahmed, Taufeeq Alam, Mohammad Tahir, Noor Karam Khan, Abdul Rauf, Yaqoob Siddiqui, Latafat Hussain, and Akhtar Hussain and all of them are resident of Uttarakhand.
The release said that the petition was drafted by Nabeela Jameel, advocate and settled by MR Shamshad, senior advocate, which challenges the entire Code on various grounds, including violation of Fundamental Rights and other rights of individuals and denominations in view of the fact that Constitution of India as well as Shariat Application Act, 1937 protect personal law/Islamic Law to be followed by Muslims.
MR Shamshad, an executive member of the Board, appeared for the petitioners duly assisted by Imran Ali and Mohammad Yusuf, advocates. The Solicitor General Appeared for the State and the Central Government, and after the court issued notice on the petition, liberty was granted to the state for filing a counter affidavit.
The case shall be listed on 1st April, 2025, and shall be heard along with Petitions that have been filed earlier, challenging different provisions of the Code, the release said.