Minority Women
G N Devy writes: On Uniform Civil Code, intent matters
The idea needs governments that think beyond mere election victories. It needs political parties that think of diverse groups of people as the nation July 14, 2023
Some Adivasis ..follow the custom of asking the husband to move over to the wife’s place after marriage and the wife has the right to drive the man out any time during their married cohabitation if she decides to do so in consultation with the community. To me, this appears to be a custom much fairer than the custom of asking girls to go after marriage to dwell in families of men. Will a proposed UCC give fair consideration to the comparative merits of these two systems?
In some Indian communities, property is inherited by daughters, not by sons. Among the Khasis in Meghalaya, a woman is treated as the head of the family and she plays that role for all legal purposes. Will the UCC take into account such a wonderful practice? I have known some communities that consider the cattle folk in the house as members of the family. Among the Kinnaurs of Himachal Pradesh, the custom is for a woman to take up to five husbands.
Towards a civil code for India – I By Navhind Times https://www.navhindtimes.in/2023/07/13/opinions/opinion/towards-a-civil-code-for-india-i (pdf) https://epaper.navhindtimes.in/NewsDetail.aspx?storyid=18806&date=2023-07-13&pageid=1
there is a way to achieve integration of our people based on precepts of common or uniform civil rights vis-à-vis plural religious or ethnic rights, customs and privileges. Goa shows the way.
(way to go?) In 1880, the Portuguese exempted Goa’s Hindu inhabitants by enacting for them a special law protecting their customs and usages (Codigo de Usos e costumes dos Hindus Gentios de Goa). In 1854, the Portuguese enacted a law protecting the usages and customs of non-Christian inhabitants of Daman and in 1894 enacted a similar law protecting the usages and customs of non-Christian inhabitants of Diu.
"Apply To Hindus First": MK Stalin's Party Slams PM On Uniform Civil Code https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/apply-to-hindus-first-mk-stalins-party-slams-pm-on-uniform-civil-code-4156761#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll "Every person including Scheduled Castes and Tribes should be allowed to perform pooja in any temple in the country," said DMK's TKS Elangovan. June 27, 2023
Pitching for the implementation of Uniform Civil Code, which has been part of BJP's election manifestos, PM Modi said today that it doesn't work to have "different set of rules for different members of a family" and a country can't run on two laws.
Flavia Agnes, an eminent scholar of family laws and women’s rights lawyer, has questioned the timing and intention of raking up the Uniform Civil Code in the context of the general elections in 2024. Interestingly, the Modi government has done nothing on the suggestions of the 21st Law Commission Report that called for ending gender discrimination and removing unequal property rights.
by Abhay Kumar
https://thewire.in/rights/ucc-bogey-muslim-bashing-electoral-needs-flavia-agnes
28/06/2023
"Reform Personal Law first "Uniform Civil Code Modi government's Next Move? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufUOEMbFkTY Mojo Story
17.6.2023 The Law Commission of India has issued a public notice and has sought opinions on the much debated & controversial Uniform Civil Code. Barkha Dutt speaks to Prof Faizan Mustafa on the Uniform Civil Code and whether it is time for India to have a UCC.
Prof Faizan Mustafa is an Indian academic, constitutional expert and legal scholar. He is the former Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.
Implementing Uniform Civil Code a difficult task in country like India’ https://telanganatoday.com/implementing-uniform-civil-code-difficult-task-in-a-country-like-india 16.2.23 Prof. Faizan Mustafa said implementing Uniform Civil Code was a difficult task in a country like India where every region has a different culture