The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear a significant and potentially precedent-setting case on whether Muslims in India can be governed by secular Indian succession law instead of Islamic Shariat law, without giving up their religious identity.

According to ANI, a bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar on Thursday took cognisance of a petition filed by Naushad K K, a resident of Thrissur district in Kerala. The petitioner has argued that he wishes to be governed by Indian succession law applicable to other citizens of the country, rather than by personal religious law, all while continuing to practise Islam.