New Delhi: As per sources, the Centre is mulling the introduction of the Uniform Civil code and has asked the law commission to submit a report on the viability of implementing it in the near future.
Responding to the demand put by the Centre, the law commission has said that it will consult all the stakeholders and political parties before making an informed suggestion.
Law commission head Balbir Singh Chauhan has said that he will speak to all the stake holders and political parties before putting it down in the form of a report.
Commission sources however admit that this could be a difficult decision for the NDA government as the political stakes are quite high with the upcoming UP election in 2017.
Uniform civil code is a common law or code for personal matters like marriage, inheritance etc which will replace the separate codes that are currently being followed by Hindus and Muslims.
Directive principles however are not justiciable or mandatory, only as a guideline.
WHO'S AFRAID OF A UNIFORM CIVIL CODE?
- FOR MUSLIMS, the Shariah Act of 1937 applies. One general concern is that some of these laws are discriminatory towards women. A section of Muslims fear that their traditions – fair or unfair – will be overrun by a different morality.
- FOR HINDUS, organizations like Hindu Mahasabha are historically opposed to it saying UCC is a foreign concept and is susceptible to create a divide between Hindu families.
- FOR PARSIS, orthodox are resisting the notion of a more permissive adoption law for fear of diluting their ‘pure’ lines of descent.
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