PIL against colonial code barring women temple administrators in Bombay HC
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Chief Justice of India, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, April 9 : Days after Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde lauded Goa for following the Uniform Civil Code, a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a young lawyer has questioned a colonial era temple code, which bars women from being appointed as mazanes / mahajans (temple administrators).
A Bombay High Court bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Mahesh Sonak has directed petitioner Shukr Sinai Usgaonkar to issue notice in daily newspapers to invite intervention from affected parties.