Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay

A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court, seeking removal of anomalies in the grounds of adoption and guardianship and making them uniform for all citizens. The plea says adoption laws should be gender neutral and religion neutral.

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea challenging the validity of part of the National Commission for Minority Education Institution Act, 2004 for failing to recognize minorities at the state level.

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to frame guidelines for Uniform Grounds of Divorce and to declare as discriminatory other grounds of divorce, as prevalent in different communities, as violative of Articles 14, 15, 21.

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to declare Section 2(f) of the National Commission for Minority Education Institution Act 2004, as arbitrary, irrational and against the Articles 14, 15, 21, 29 and 30 of the Constitution.

New Delhi: Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay today sent a letter to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, requesting him to set an urgent hearing of a pending petition challenging practices, such as polygamy and nikah halala, prevalent within the Muslim community.