From marriage to adoption, how Uniform Civil Code could subsume personal laws across religions

The Uniform Civil Code is back in the news again after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong push for it. If it comes into force, separate personal laws governing marriages, divorce, and inheritance of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Parsis, and other communities will be subsumed. India Today takes a deep dive into the complications and vast issues of UCC.

Constitution mandates uniform civil code, religious diktats can’t overrule it

The priority of the BJP-led government has been to ensure that the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution are available to all citizens irrespective of their religion. There can be no compromise on human dignity in matters pertaining to adoption, succession, marriage, divorce etc. It's an article by Sri . Gaurav Bhatia.

‘UCC necessary to bring fundamental right of equality’

Once it becomes law, every group will continue to have freedom and no one shall be discriminated against on the basis of faith, says Arif Mohammed Khan. It was an interview published in TNIE dialy....

Uniform Civil Code: Diversity cannot be an excuse for discrimination

In any other country, the liberals would have been at the forefront of the fight for equal rights, but not in India. ... Here is the article written by Sri. Anand Neelakantan in TNIE daily...

பொது உரிமையியல் சட்டம்: காலத்தின் தேவை

ஒருவர் பூணூல் அணிகிறாரா, திருநீறு பூசுகிறாரா, நாமம் தரிக்கிறாரா, தொப்பி அணிகிறாரா, சிலுவையை அணிகிறாரா, டர்பன் அணிகிறாரா என்பதல்ல பிரச்னை. அவர்கள் அனைவரும் சட்டத்தின் முன் சமமாகக் கருதப்படுகின்றனரா என்பதே கேள்வி. குறிப்பாக அனைத்து சமயங்களிலும் சரிபாதியாக இருக்கும் மகளிருக்கு சமுதாய வாழ்வில் சமமான நீதியை வழங்குவது அரசியல் சாசனத்தின் கடமை.

UCC: Not politics, justice should be at the core of code

Historically, Nehru and Ambedkar championed it to further justice for women in our male-dominated religious society. Here is the article by Smt. Zakia Soman, which was published in TNIE daily.

Uniform Civil Code: No bad time for a good law

The Opposition's criticism stems from the fact that BJP intends to fulfil vision of our Constitution makers and bring dignity to the citizen. The sooner it happens, the better. Here is the article by sri KJ Alphons...

PM Modi’s call for a Uniform Civil Code is a piece with BJP’s polarising politics

The visceral dislike for the ‘other’ is exploited for electoral benefits, says Kapil Sibal. It's an article by him in the Indian Express newspaper....

The 1937 Act divided India. Will UCC integrate it?

The BJP’s articulators’ understanding of the UCC doesn’t seem to go to the deep, sordid historical origins of the UCC. Here is the second part of the article by Sri S.Gurumurthy.

Reform (not uniform) personal laws

Reform of personal laws is not new. It has been on the national agenda since the making of the Constitution, and was among the top concerns of the first Parliament of India. It's an article by former Finance Minister Sri P.Chidambaram, published in 'The Indian Express' daily newspaper...

1937 Shariat Act – For Muslims or for Jinnah and the Zamindars?

The 1937 Act, the joint strategy of the British and the League, was driven by political expediency rather than a desire to enforce Islamic Sharia. An article by Sri S.Gurumurthy....