NEW DELHI: More than four months after a bench headed by then CJI Altamas Kabir had dismissed a PIL challenging the fatwas issued by Shariat courts running a parallel judicial system in the country, the Supreme Court on Monday restored it for hearing.
A bench headed by Justice C K Prasad restored the PIL filed by advocate Vishwa Lochan Madan for hearing on November 11 despite objections from the Centre, a decision that would force the government to articulate its position on Shariat courts and the fatwas issued by them.
