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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
B.V. NAGARATHNA, R. MAHADEVAN, JJ
SNIDHA MEHRA – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. – Respondent
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| 1. challenging property rights for female hindus under hindu succession act. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. legitimacy of challenges in public interest litigation mode. (Para 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 3. recognizing evolving property rights and mediation importance. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 4. the need for proactive estate planning among women. (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17) |
| 5. disposal of the writ petition on academic grounds. (Para 18 , 19 , 20) |
ORDER
2. This Writ Petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India is at the instance of a young lawyer who is stated to have been practicing for about five years, at the time when the Writ Petition was filed. The Writ Petition is stated to be filed in Public Interest.
a) Issue, an appropriate Writ of Mandamus, Order, or Directions, or any other appropriate Writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, Order or Directions declaring Section 15 [1][b] of the Hindu Succession Act 1956 as unconstitutional, Ultravires the Constitution, as violative of Articles 14, 15, 21 of the Constitution and declaring the said Section is obliterated from the statute books, and is struck of from the Hindu Succession Act ,1956 from the very i
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