How uniform is Goa’s uniform civil code?
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 navigating Goa’s family laws, popularly referred to elsewhere in India as Goa’s uniform civil code. “There are other choices a couple can make regarding matrimonial property, but very few couples know about this when they register their marriage.” Goa’s family laws indeed include the concept of Communion of Assets. “In Goa, when family laws were being reviewed in the early 2000s by an all-male lawyer committee, women’s groups demanded an inclusive process.” In effect, even in a State where family laws are near uniform, there is legal pluralism at work.
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