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Uniform Civil Code can be the real unifying force in India. Critics must think again

Muslims already have.

No Pakistani have in 1947,,

Pakistan is ONLY for Pakistani citizens

If Indians hate each other and can't live alongside each other then separate your areas and partition India, don't come to us with your problems
 
No Pakistani have in 1947,,

Pakistan is ONLY for Pakistani citizens

If Indians hate each other and can't live alongside each other then separate your areas and partition India, don't come to us with your problems
No one went you. You keep coming this side
 
Next, they will be pushing for a Unified Civil Code where Muslims have to practice Sati, Devadasi, Manglik, and wife desertion.
 
Were just trying to stop Indians from hoisting their problems because if their communal hatred upon Pakistan

No Indian would be tolerated here
Get your units right. Speaking against some who follow Islam is not racism. Being against Pakistan is not communalism. I don’t measure a jug of water in kilometres .
You have the choice whether you want to tolerate Indians or not. Yes.

I think calling anyone a bhakt is a mistake, one that I have made myself, and I have decided not to use that term for any Indian any more.

My temper lets me down.


A Bhakt is a person of faith
 
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That so be it was the basis of partition, it's why populations within India are beginning to divide

And whether it's Punjab Kashmir,Manipur,Kerala or elsewhere there is anger, hatred and division
You missed the point, Hussain.

We are talking about equality here. If you are saying Muslims have problems with equality(!), then I don’t know what to say.
 

If we are to live in a truly unified and harmonious society, where each person is treated equally, accepting and enforcing a UCC is the need of the hour.​

Aditi Narayani
ADITI NARAYANI
and Vasundhara Shankar
VASUNDHARA SHANKAR
13 May, 2022 09:16 am IST

The Supreme Court of India | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint


The Supreme Court of India | Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

The Uniform Civil Code isn’t merely a political agenda. It caters to India’s unification with a structural change in society to facilitate gender equality. The UCC can be regarded as being against the idea of divisive politics, which has always been the prime agenda of colonial design. It would be correct to assess the UCC as the final chapter in the history of India’s freedom struggle, because its implementation could correct the wrong bargains made by the sovereign after the Partition. The UCC is a step towards integrating and strengthening secular ideals of India.

The UCC will ensure empowerment of women in true sense by ending the practice of polygamy, which is currently permitted under Islamic law and is highly unfair and discriminatory to women.
Dr B.R. Ambedkar had pioneered the cause of gender equality, which led him to create the UCC in the 1950s. He was always a staunch and ardent supporter of the UCC. Followed by stiff opposition from religious conservatives, he had to retreat and re-strategise the bill. A highly politicised issue, when the Delhi High court asked the Centre to take steps towards bringing a uniform civil code, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mentioned in its manifesto that the party’s goal was to champion the cause of gender equality across religions. But the highly alluring grandeur of gender equality still remains a distant dream for Indian women.

The Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav that India is celebrating with fervour could not have been possible without the contribution of women and men from all backgrounds of our highly stratified society. While the makers of our Constitution brainstormed on how the document could be all-inclusive of values like justice, equality and pluralism, the UCC was on the agenda from the onset. Patriarchy once again manoeuvred the nation’s politics under the garb of religious sentiments. The UCC was added to Article 44 of the Directive Principles of State Policy.

A turning point

Drawing upon the best traditions and harmonising them with modern times, the UCC is sure to be a turning point in the history of Indian legislation. Owing to India’s diversity, it becomes difficult to overlook how the laws of each religion evolve separately and sporadically. A common, uniform, and evolved set of regulations of civil issues plaguing the society will have far-reaching impact. Ambedkar ensured the introduction of the Hindu Code Bill in the 1950s preceding huge reforms in marriage, guardianship, divorce, and inheritance despite protests from different chambers in the legislature. Even the effort of the Supreme Court to bring some parity in the status of Muslim women (Shah Bano case) was blocked by the myopic view of the Rajiv Gandhi government which believed that personal law fell in the domain of religious commune.
The UCC is moulded and worded in such a way that it promotes fundamental rights of women across all religions, castes and classes of society and gives them an equal right to inheritance, decision in marriage, divorce, adoption, etc. While several attempts have been made to codify the Hindu law with the Hindu Code Bill that was introduced in 1948, the current government’s agenda is clear — to unify all personal laws for all religions and castes alike. The central government’s stance on the UCC shows it believes that real progress of a country means progress not only on the political plane, not only on the economic plane, but also on the social plane.
There has been a lot of debate in favour and against the UCC. But one of the most important voices to be considered is that of the Supreme Court’s, which has amplified its support for the UCC in various judgments, calling it “an unaddressed constitutional expectation” and had hoped and expected that the State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territories of India”.

The critics of the UCC must think again. Perhaps a perspective of the western world would elucidate the impending need of a set of laws that would be applied on everyone in the same manner, without malice, fear, favour, or discrimination. The concept of civil law can be traced back to the Romans or even the code of Ur-Nammu of Mesopotamia. In Europe, the first country that codified civil laws in a methodical manner was France. Even countries like the UK, China, US, Russia, etc. have codified civil laws. In fact, there are very few countries where common civil laws do not exist, evidence that it facilitates dispensing justice in a fair and neutral manner.

India’s complex diversity makes the execution and applicability of the UCC difficult. However if we are to live in a truly unified and harmonious society, where each person is treated equally, accepting and enforcing a UCC is the need of the hour.
Aditi Narayani Paswan is assistant professor, Delhi University. She tweets @AditiNarayani. Views are personal.

Vasundhara Shankar is managing partner of Verum Legal, a law firm. She tweets @VSVasundhara. Views are personal.

(Edited by Prashant)


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We're very diverse. How to arrive at a concensus ?. The fact that a majority government at center hasn't tried it till now implies that it is far more difficult than imagined .

On paper it does sound appealing to have a uniform law for everyone, but our polity cannot be trusted with the execution.
 
You missed the point, Hussain.

We are talking about equality here. If you are saying Muslims have problems with equality(!), then I don’t know what to say.

No it's not equality,,

Under a free fair state you might have a chance

BUT

India is not a free fair state,, it is a communal state with strong hindutva extremist vibes


THUS it is the desire of the sanghis, bakhts to utilise UCC to target Muslims, target the Waqf board, to target Muslim values, principles and culture

There is NO trust between the communities and such laws enforced by parties like the BJP are dangerous for Indian Muslims
 
We told you dingbats to do that right from the beginning

Separate the population because the population hates each other,, rather then risk conflict and genocide and needless death JUST SEPARATE THE POPULATIONS PROPERLY


but you morons came up with this one united India for all bullshit


JINNAH was the biggest proponent for a fair proper partition



But now that you dingbats pushed this one India for all crap

Where does this concept of some shitty Hindu rashtra come from,, if you want it then PARTITION India let the Sikhs, christians and Muslims form their own states in their own areas away from you clowns
Dingbats
morons
dingbats
Shitty Hindu Rashtra
Clowns

Watch your language.
 
No it's not equality,,

Under a free fair state you might have a chance

BUT

India is not a free fair state,, it is a communal state with strong hindutva extremist vibes


THUS it is the desire of the sanghis, bakhts to utilise UCC to target Muslims, target the Waqf board, to target Muslim values, principles and culture

There is NO trust between the communities and such laws enforced by parties like the BJP are dangerous for Indian Muslims

If a communal Hindu state is bringing equality to ALL citizens, then isn’t it better than Islamic Pakistan where non-Muslims aren’t allowed to become a PM or President? Because no such thing is happening in a communal Hindu state. Think about it.

@hussain0216
Please share your view about Pakistan banning non Muslims to become a PM or President by LAW. Because you haven’t made yourself clear on that one. Do you think it’s right?

Would you be okay if China/UK/US/Brazil ban Muslims to become a PM or President?
 
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If a communal Hindu state is bringing equality to ALL citizens, then isn’t it better than Islamic Pakistan where non-Muslims aren’t allowed to become a PM or President? Because no such thing is happening in a communal Hindu state. Think about it.

@hussain0216
Please share your view about Pakistan banning non Muslims to become a PM or President by LAW. Because you haven’t made yourself clear on that one. Do you think it’s right?

Would you be okay if China/UK/US/Brazil ban Muslims to become a PM or President?


Yaar we are honest we don't like Hindus and we don't want them near us or in places of power,, we said this unequivocally right from the start

At no point have we lied or deceived anyone



India on the other hand is a communal shithole



There is simply no point in getting all these people stuck together and if 230 million Indian Muslims want to defend themselves then they need to move towards Muslim areas and stop Hindus from those areas
 
Yaar we are honest we don't like Hindus and we don't want them near us or in places of power,, we said this unequivocally right from the start

At no point have we lied or deceived anyone

Thanks for the honest answer.

So you are okay with discrimination against Pakistani citizens.
And you want the same discriminatory policies in India too (and not the UCC because it brings equality).

Did I get this right?
 
Thanks for the honest answer.

So you are okay with discrimination against Pakistani citizens.
And you want the same discriminatory policies in India too (and not the UCC because it brings equality).

Did I get this right?


No,, what I said was that history weighs heavily upon the people of South Asia and it is obvious we cannot overcome that history and it's legacy

So rather then spouting bullshit that some hindutva enforced UCC will fix anything

We need to come to a fundamental understanding that Jinnah was right



Hindus are retards,, a chance was engineered in 1947 that would allow Muslims, Muslim states, Sikhs a khalistan, Christians would get xtian areas and Hindus can have a Hindu Rashtra with as much temple, cow worshipping bullshit as they can stomach


But you didn't do that, you specifically tried to counter Jinnah and PUSHED FOR THE UNITED ONE INDIA STATE

So you got it,, so turning around now with hundreds of millions of people trying to force UCC and a Hindu Rashtra is some of the dumbest shit you can come up with

You had a chance in 1947 and you blew it, don't get your panties in a twist now
 
I love it how some Pakistanis are trying to give their opinion on Indian issues. An Indian peon is better educated and well-informed compared to a Pakistani professor!!


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India will decide whatever it feels is right, youdo not have the intellectual capacity to judge India/Indians!!!
 

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