The plea, filed through advocate Rishika Agarwal, contended that the committee’s formation was discriminatory against all women and against particular religious communities.
It added that the committee encouraged a divide among people instead of fostering harmony and co-existence amongst diverse religious sects.
“By using the inherently questionable protection of women as a paradigm and tracing inter-religious relationships only through women, the Maharashtra government is displaying discrimination on basis of gender as also denying women their own agency and choice,” the petition stated.
In view of this, the rights of women under Articles 14 (right to equality), 15 (prohibition of discrimination on the ground of religion, race, caste, gender, or place of birth), 19 (freedom of speech and expression) and 21 (right to life and personal liberty) of the Constitution were being violated, the plea added.
Source: Barandbench
