Why Hindus Losing Benefits for Uniform Civil Code is Unacceptable
2 years, 10 months ago

Why Hindus Losing Benefits for Uniform Civil Code is Unacceptable

News 18  

Last evening, I came across an ingeniously authored article by someone I venerate for his scholarship. Titled ‘If Uniform Civil Code Means Hindus Losing Benefits Like Hindu Undivided Family, So Be It’, the arguments proffered were acceptable, coherent, and didn’t fall flat on logic, except that Hindus may have to lose benefits for bringing in the Uniform Civil Code. For a country promulgating and professing minority-ism or Nehruvian secularism for nearly seven decades, the Uniform Civil Code or UCC should be nothing short of a zenith for the Nehruvian secularists. Thus, these Islamic heteropatriarchal laws are not only a serious violation of equality and social justice for practising Muslim women, but also unsuspecting women from other faiths who are often lured into ‘love jihad’. The Shariat Application Act of 1937 governs Indian Muslims, but it contains no safeguards regarding marriage age, divorce, polygamy, child custody and guardianship, women’s stake in property, and so on.

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Legally Speaking | The quest for equality, which is at the heart of the Uttarakhand UCC bill, is flawed
10 months, 1 week ago

Legally Speaking | The quest for equality, which is at the heart of the Uttarakhand UCC bill, is flawed

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code bill, recently passed by the state assembly session, has been a subject of intense discussion. While criminal laws apply to all Indian citizens without regard to religion, caste, race, or creed, distinct religious communities are governed by independent religious laws known as personal laws in case of civil matters such as marriage, divorce, maintenance, guardianship, succession, …

UCC Bill ‘introduces moral policing, criminalises autonomy’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

UCC Bill ‘introduces moral policing, criminalises autonomy’

The Hindu  

The Uniform Civil Code Bill passed by the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly criminalises constitutional behaviour among consenting adults such as live-in relationships, introduces moral policing and fails to address gender discriminatory practices in the personal laws of various religious communities including Hindus and Muslims, according to women’s groups in Uttarakhand. But it fails to ensure gender justice by not incorporating positive …

Asaduddin Owaisi slams Uniform Civil Code, says ‘Hindus, tribals kept out’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Asaduddin Owaisi slams Uniform Civil Code, says ‘Hindus, tribals kept out’

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Reacting to the tabling of the Uniform Civil Code bill in Uttarakhand, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi today said the proposed law is nothing but a "Hindu Code' applicable to all the communities. New rules in Uniform Civil Code The bill has kept the hill state's small tribal community out of the legislation. Muslim bodies oppose the code All …

How uniform is Goa’s uniform civil code?
1 year, 4 months ago

How uniform is Goa’s uniform civil code?

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 24, 2023 11:00 IST - 11 MINS READ Discourses on the uniform civil code overlook the impact of religious personal laws or secular laws such as the Special Marriage Act on human rights violations within the family or those perpetrated by the state. Before the review of the law, this woman would have had several challenges in …

Will Modi’s Uniform Civil Code kill Indian ‘secularism’?
1 year, 4 months ago

Will Modi’s Uniform Civil Code kill Indian ‘secularism’?

Al Jazeera  

Indian PM Narendra Modi says common personal laws will help women, but many fear the proposal is a political weapon to portray Muslims and other religious minorities as regressive. Proponents of a UCC argue, as Modi did in a June speech to party workers, that a modern nation has no need for “dual laws” and that a common civil code …

Empowerment or exploitation? How Uniform Civil Code will impact women’s rights in India
1 year, 4 months ago

Empowerment or exploitation? How Uniform Civil Code will impact women’s rights in India

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 27, 2023 11:00 IST - 9 MINS READ Is uniformity in law good for women? The Bebaak Collective, while suggesting reforms within Muslim personal law, has pointed out that all personal laws discriminate against women through the patriarchal institutions of the family and heteronormative marriage. It has sent a list of suggestions to the Law Commission titled …

Uniform Civil Code: Another step towards making India a Hindu Rashtra?
1 year, 4 months ago

Uniform Civil Code: Another step towards making India a Hindu Rashtra?

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 27, 2023 11:00 IST - 10 MINS READ In a recent public notice, the 22nd Law Commission of India solicited “views and ideas of the public at large and recognised religious organisations about the uniform civil code ”. Most commentators frequently reduce the discussion to portraying Muslim Personal Law as a symbol of the Indian Muslim’s conservatism, …

Uniform Civil Code: Clash of moral universalism and cultural pluralism
1 year, 4 months ago

Uniform Civil Code: Clash of moral universalism and cultural pluralism

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 27, 2023 11:00 IST - 11 MINS READ India, a mix of multiple cultural traditions, has been a salad-bowl-like society where each culture combines with others while maintaining its contrasting yet distinct identity. This is because the Constitution itself contemplated both the existence and the continuance of personal laws in Article 44, which provides for an endeavour …

Uniform Civil Code: History, implications, and minority perspectives
1 year, 5 months ago

Uniform Civil Code: History, implications, and minority perspectives

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 18, 2023 16:06 IST - 2 MINS READ On June 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh thrust discussions about the Uniform Civil Code into the spotlight, triggering nationwide debates on its potential implementation. The Uniform Civil Code aims to establish a uniform legal framework for all citizens, regardless of their religion. Article 44 …

A common civil code spelling equality for every Indian
1 year, 5 months ago

A common civil code spelling equality for every Indian

The Hindu  

The 22nd Law Commission has called for responses to a proposal for a Uniform Civil Code in India. The antiquity of India’s customs and the diversity of its peoples are both brought up to make a case for tip-toeing around the existing personal laws despite their unequal rights for men and women. The demand that sections of the population, whether …

Not Uniform Civil Code: India's Plural Legal System May Enlighten The World
1 year, 5 months ago

Not Uniform Civil Code: India's Plural Legal System May Enlighten The World

Live Law  

The abolishing of Personal Laws of India is challenging questions in post-colonial India even after 75 years, when India is officially celebrating the glorious history of its people, culture, diversity, the elixir of freedom and achievements. Pre- and post-colonial India has been debating the abolition of PLI and UCC intending to create ‘one unified family law’, which popularly has known …

‘India needs Uniform Civil Code, but it should be a secular code that does not favour any group’
1 year, 5 months ago

‘India needs Uniform Civil Code, but it should be a secular code that does not favour any group’

The Hindu  

As an intellectual, social critic, writer, and political analyst, what do you think about the Uniform Civil Code? Muslim organisations and political parties, especially the Indian Union Muslim League, are opposing the UCC, saying that its implementation will destroy the cultural and religious diversity of the country. Political parties and Muslim organisations opposing the UCC are well aware of the …

In favour of Uniform Civil Code, but it must be well thought out, says former Supreme Court Judge Deepak Gupta
1 year, 5 months ago

In favour of Uniform Civil Code, but it must be well thought out, says former Supreme Court Judge Deepak Gupta

The Hindu  

On July 3, officials from the Law Ministry, informed a parliamentary standing committee headed by BJP MP Sushil Modi that they are awaiting the 22nd Law Commission report to proceed with their process on uniform civil code. Retired Justice Deepak Gupta of the Supreme Court tells The Hindu, he is in favour of the uniform civil code, because we need …

Uniform Civil Code: Ambedkar was in favour of Bill, says Ramdas Athawale
1 year, 5 months ago

Uniform Civil Code: Ambedkar was in favour of Bill, says Ramdas Athawale

Firstpost  

Recently, in a mega survey on Uniform Civil Code conducted by News18, it was found that at least 67.2 per cent of Muslim women support the common law for all Indians for matters such as marriage, divorce and adoption. Union minister Ramdas Athawale said on Wednesday that the Uniform Civil Code would not harm the interests of Muslims or the …

News18 UCC Survey: Why I, a Muslim Woman, Am All For Uniform Civil Code - News18
1 year, 5 months ago

News18 UCC Survey: Why I, a Muslim Woman, Am All For Uniform Civil Code - News18

News 18  

The Uniform Civil Code is an embodiment of Article 44 of the Indian Constitution which seeks the implementation of a uniform set of laws, governing the personal affairs of citizens, pertaining to the institution of marriage and the ancillary rights arising out of the same such as inheritance, alimony, guardianship and adoption, amongst others with the sole object of national …

What Are All India Muslim Personal Law Board's Various Objections Against Uniform Civil Code? Read Here
1 year, 5 months ago

What Are All India Muslim Personal Law Board's Various Objections Against Uniform Civil Code? Read Here

Live Law  

All India Muslim Personal Law Board has submitted its response to the Law Commission's public notice with respect to the Uniform Civil Code and said that it is reasonably apprehended by the Muslims in India that the raking of the topic of UCC is with the objective of putting the system of Muslim personal law in peril. Gender Equality Gaps …

AIMPLB rejects Law Commission’s proposal to seek views on UCC
1 year, 5 months ago

AIMPLB rejects Law Commission’s proposal to seek views on UCC

The Hindu  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on July 5 “registered its objections” to the Law Commission’s decision to seek “views and ideas on Uniform Civil Code”. “Muslims in India will not be agreeable to lose their identity,” the Board reiterated, adding, “Majoritarian morality must not supersede personal laws, religious freedom and minority rights in the name of a code …

Hard code to crack
1 year, 5 months ago

Hard code to crack

Live Mint  

That gender justice is yet to be established in India is beyond doubt. Legislative action holds the key to this aim, like a Uniform Civil Code on family matters for followers of all religions. The risk is that another key in the shape of social adherence to faith might warp the legal one’s efficacy, perhaps even its legal wording. Most …

Strike a fine balance, have a just civil code
1 year, 6 months ago

Strike a fine balance, have a just civil code

The Hindu  

June 24, 2023 12:16 am | Updated 10:30 am IST On June 14, the Law Commission of India decided to solicit views and proposals from the public about the Uniform Civil Code. Even reformed Hindu Personal Law under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 does insist on solemnisation of marriage, through saptapadi and datta. Surprisingly when two Hindus marry under the …

Code red: The Hindu Editorial on the 22nd Law Commission and a uniform civil code
1 year, 6 months ago

Code red: The Hindu Editorial on the 22nd Law Commission and a uniform civil code

The Hindu  

The Law Commission’s decision to solicit views from the public on the idea of a uniform civil code appears to be a political initiative aimed at bringing the potentially divisive issue under focus in the run-up to next year’s general election. The 21st Commission had released a consultation paper in 2018 that categorically said a uniform civil code was “neither …

75 Years After Partition, Hindus Still Treated Like Second-Class Citizens in Indian Subcontinent
1 year, 11 months ago

75 Years After Partition, Hindus Still Treated Like Second-Class Citizens in Indian Subcontinent

News 18  

On 5 January, Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance tabled its annual report of atrocities on Bangladeshi minorities. Pakistan didn’t even have a legal provision to register Hindu marriages until 2017 when a law was passed in the Pakistani senate. Seventy-five years have passed since Partition but even today certain rights such as divorce, adoption and inheritance evade Hindus of Pakistan. …

Uniform Civil Code: Reframe the debate
1 year, 11 months ago

Uniform Civil Code: Reframe the debate

Hindustan Times  

Periodically, debates around the enactment and implementation of a Uniform Civil Code flare up, both in our legislatures and the public sphere. In part, this did happen: For example, in the 1950s — and later — the codification of Hindu personal laws saw important progress being made, especially when it came to women’s rights to inherit property. Religious personal laws …

Before Implementing Uniform Civil Code, Important to Make Secular Laws Gender Just
2 years, 1 month ago

Before Implementing Uniform Civil Code, Important to Make Secular Laws Gender Just

News 18  

The Kerala High Court recently upheld an Indian Muslim woman’s right to demand ‘khula’ or separation from her husband without his consent. Just a day before that the Karnataka High Court had observed that a minor Muslim girl’s marriage after attaining puberty contravenes the provisions of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, adding that the POCSO Act that’s meant …

UCC as BJP’s ‘Code’ of Poll Conduct: From Wooing Muslim Women in Gujarat to 2024 Elections Plank​
2 years, 1 month ago

UCC as BJP’s ‘Code’ of Poll Conduct: From Wooing Muslim Women in Gujarat to 2024 Elections Plank​

News 18  

The Gujarat government’s decision to constitute a committee to implement the Uniform Civil Code in the state is far-sighted, aimed at the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party insiders believe. With the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh top brass advising the government to seek public opinion on any proposed law, as the government had to go on the back foot and …

All India Muslim Personal Law Board opposes Uniform Civil Code
2 years, 1 month ago

All India Muslim Personal Law Board opposes Uniform Civil Code

The Hindu  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has criticised the move by the governments of Uttarakhand and Gujarat to set up committees on a Uniform Civil Code, calling it “unacceptable”. Nobody faced any problem due to this, “ Mr. Rehmani said, adding, “If the people had preferred a Uniform Civil Code then the Special Marriage Act would have been the …

The future of a Uniform Civil Code
2 years, 6 months ago

The future of a Uniform Civil Code

The Hindu  

June 09, 2022 12:15 am | Updated 12:41 pm IST Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami recently set up a committee to prepare a draft Uniform Civil Code for the State. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has been consistently opposing a UCC because it fears that such a code will undermine Muslim identity. Ever since the passage of …

UCC can wait! First fight anti-Hindu discriminations in education and temple management
2 years, 7 months ago

UCC can wait! First fight anti-Hindu discriminations in education and temple management

Firstpost  

For decades already, you occasionally hear voices clamouring for a Uniform Civil Code in India. They wouldn’t mind meddling in the Christian law system: ever since starting as a nervous minority in the mighty Roman empire, Christians have conformed to secular laws not of their own making. The BJP has already developed cold feet about implementing its hard-won Citizenship Amendment …

Pavan K. Varma | Our duty is to put back nuance in hijab debate
2 years, 10 months ago

Pavan K. Varma | Our duty is to put back nuance in hijab debate

Deccan Chronicle  

The hijab cannot be the symbol of Muslim women’s empowerment. To defend the rights of Muslim women, which is an entirely legitimate pursuit, should not, therefore, be conflated with the defence of the hijab. For instance, in the case of the hijab, it can hardly be argued that Muslim women were sufficiently empowered to do away with this retrograde practice …

If Uniform Civil Code Means Hindus Losing Benefits Like Hindu Undivided Family, So Be It
2 years, 10 months ago

If Uniform Civil Code Means Hindus Losing Benefits Like Hindu Undivided Family, So Be It

News 18  

Asking whether or not we need a Uniform Civil Code is like asking if we need to give equitable justice to disadvantaged women, children and the oppressed in a democratic society professing to be secular. If a UCC means Hindus losing benefits like Hindu Undivided Family or extending this benefit to other communities, so be it. Directive Principles in the …

Nehru Avoided Uniform Civil Code because Muslims were 'Not Ready'. 70 Years On, Right Time for UCC is Now
2 years, 10 months ago

Nehru Avoided Uniform Civil Code because Muslims were 'Not Ready'. 70 Years On, Right Time for UCC is Now

News 18  

The debate on Uniform Civil Code can be divided into three parts, the British colonial era, the Nehruvian/Congress era and the post-rise of BJP or current era. In my opinion, under the Constitution, it was naturally imagined that to further the aim of Uniform Civil Code, all personal laws would be codified together, the Hindu Code Bill and the Muslim …

Karnataka hijab controversy: Why Modi government should seriously think about Uniform Civil Code
2 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka hijab controversy: Why Modi government should seriously think about Uniform Civil Code

Firstpost  

When I first came to India, at first glance, I was touched by its diversity: Indian women in saree, men sporting a tilak on their foreheads, Christians with a big cross around their necks, Muslim women covering their heads with a scarf, Sikhs with their turbans, and so on. I first went there as a tourist: Everything appeared normal; Hindus …

Is Amendment to Marriage Act a Precursor to Uniform Civil Code?
2 years, 11 months ago

Is Amendment to Marriage Act a Precursor to Uniform Civil Code?

News 18  

The Modi government has stoked yet another controversy by introducing the Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill, which seeks to raise the marriageable age of women to 21 years, making it uniform for both women and men. Since various Opposition parties, Muslim officials, and Muslim clerics have declared resistance to the notion, they say, the BJP in Uttar Pradesh will be …

Delhi HC Backs Uniform Civil Code, Asks Centre to Take Necessary Steps for its Implementation
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi HC Backs Uniform Civil Code, Asks Centre to Take Necessary Steps for its Implementation

News 18  

The Delhi high court on Friday backed the need for a Uniform Civil Code in the country, observing that “there is the need for a Code that is ‘common to all’ in the country”, and asked the central government to take the necessary steps in this matter. Responding to a plea involving the applicability of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, …

End gender-based discrimination in the Hindu Succession Act
4 years, 3 months ago

End gender-based discrimination in the Hindu Succession Act

Hindustan Times  

On August 11, the Supreme Court of India ruled that a daughter has the same rights as a son in an ancestral property under the Hindu Succession Act, 2005, regardless of when the father may have died, which the principle law – the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – originally did not grant. The assumptions in the Hindu Succession Act that …

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