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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. After the 1937 Act was passed, the Muslim League emerged as a Muslim mass party and began challenging the unchallenged Gan....

July 08, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Uniform Civil Code , Shariat , hindus , Muslims , Act

Common Civil Code - the Law Commission Takes the First Step

Dr A Surya Prakash

The campaign launched by the radical Muslim clergy and phony liberals against the Law Commission of India’s well-intentioned and long overdue exercise to undertake a revision and reform of family laws in line with the constitutional ....

November 25, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Muslim , Uniform Civil Code , Law Commission , Muslim clergy , personal law , Prasar Bharti , marriage , divorce , adoption , guardianship , Hindu Marriage Act , Surya Prakash

Urgent need for Common Civil Code

Rajesh Singh

The debate on whether the time has come for India to have a Uniform Civil Code that will govern personal laws of all its citizens irrespective of their religious affiliation, has been renewed with the Union Government seeking a report from the Law Co....

July 19, 2016 Governance and Political Studies , Policies & Perspectives , India , Uniform Civil Code , Union Government , Muslim Personal Law , Shariat