What is Uniform about UCC?
With due respect to importance being accorded to the Uniform Civil Code Act, 2024 having been formally implemented in Uttarakhand and apparently considered so politically in states with Bharatiya Janata…
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Sharia and Women’s Rights: A Hunger for Justice
The recent hunger strike by V P Suhara, a 73-year-old Muslim women's rights activist from Kerala, brought attention to the contentious issue of Sharia and women's rights in India. Suhara's…
Destroying the Basic Standards of Legislation-The Uttarakhand Model of UCC
Introduction The Uttarakhand government, led by Pushkar Singh Dhami, has recently introduced the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which has sparked considerable opposition from various segments of society. Critics argue that…
Bill on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC): An Instrument of Policing Citizens’ Privacy, Conscience and Personal Liberty
The recent bill tabled by the BJP-led government in Uttarakhand, which claims to be implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), is potentially a serious threat to the citizens' right to…
Uttarakhand Women’s Groups’ Statement on the Uttarakhand UCC Draft Bill
On a perusal of the draft Uniform Civil code (UCC) Bill presented at the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, it is apparent that the rhetoric that the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and…
The Politics of Uniform Civil Code in India
Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a red herring much dragged about in the Indian political discourse from the dawn of the constitution. Even the constituent assembly couldn’t resolve this primordial…
Uniform Civil Code Will Disrupt, Destroy India’s Pluralism
When ruling dispensations run out of viable ideas on political playoffs, they almost always resort to the politics of compulsion. By contrast, responsible governments which are committed to social progress…
Prepare a Draft of Uniform Civil Code
Proposals of the GASS before the 22nd Law Commission of India with regard to Implementation of Uniform Civil Code The role of the Law Commission of India is to consult…
Uniform Civil Code: The Way Forward
Memorandum on Uniform Civil Code submitted to 22nd Law Commission by All India Secular Forum on July 13, 2023 Introduction The 21st Law Commission – after comprehensive consultation, research and…
Feasibility of Idea of Uniform Civil Code is Under Question
by Prakruthi Jain, Ayush Bajpai and Sandeep Pandey “A just code should be the primary goal as just laws are more important than a mere one uniform law.”[1] Manipur…
Uniform Civil Code: Uniformity versus Equal Rights
Social reform movements for women’s rights have historically fought the uniformity of male privilege and each step forward has been in a specific socio-economic and political context. Admittedly in India,…
Uniformity or Gender Justice: Where is the Draft of Uniform Civil Code?
The Law Commission’s notification and Mr. Modi’s strong advocacy for UCC has revived the debate around UCC yet again. As such Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has been part of BJP’s…
The Uniform Civil Code Conundrum
That the relevance of a uniform civil code should turn out to be a hot topic for debate and political contestation is a paradox mirroring the confusion in present political…
Examining the Practicality of a Uniform Civil Code in India
India follows a system of legal pluralism that allows different religious communities to be governed by their codes of personal law. This has been seen as a way of protecting…
Kazi Karimuddin’s perspective on the civil code
The discourse over the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code has often stirred up a whirlwind of uproar by political advocates and religious objectors. India follows a system of…
Political Marginalization Drives Legal Conservatism among Indian Muslims
Amid the existential crises of Indian Muslims after Partition, the constitutional assurances given to the collective identity was vital in ameliorating the fears of the Muslim community. While individual freedoms…
Uniform Civil Code Neither Necessary Nor Desirable, Says Law Commission
In a strong setback to the backers of right wing ideology, the Law Commission of India has said that a uniform civil code “is neither necessary nor desirable at this…
Triple Talaq: From Prescriptive Functionalism To Transformative Constitutionalism
India is confronted with a situation that has acquired, unfortunately, political primacy in a gender equality discourse. The religion of Islam bestowed upon equal rights for men and women devoid…
Uniform Civil Code And Gender Justice
The Prime Minister recently made a statement that he can’t allow lives of Muslim women to be ruined by Triple Talaq. He tried to pass on the message that he…
If I Advised The AIMPLB
Okay! So, you are laughing. Good! I love to make people happy and after all we all have our right to fantasize. The question I asked myself was, ‘If I…
Uniform Civil Code : An Alternate Perspective
The ongoing debate on the questionnaire circulated by the Law Commission on the proposed implementation of a Uniform Civil Code and the predictable knee-jerk reaction of the All India Muslim…
Uniform Civil Code: Trust Deficit And Marginality
With the recent unfolding of several events in the political gallery it appears that the BJP government at the centre is again gearing up for implementing Uniform Civil Code (UCC)…
Uniform Civil Code: Why And How?
What is called as Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is as such dealing with the personal laws (marriage, divorce, maintenance, custody and inheritance). Our criminal and civil laws are same for…
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