After Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong push for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Law Commission has set a deadline of July 13 for바카라 웹사이트views from all stakeholders, including people and recognised religious organisations, on the politically sensitive issue.
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said, "Law Commission of India has put it in the public domain, 13th July is the last date, should wait till then."
Earlier,바카라 웹사이트Law Commission Chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi said the panel had바카라 웹사이트received 8.5 lakh responses since June 14, when they initiated바카라 웹사이트a public consultation process on the matter.
Uniform Civil Code -- reactions
PM Modi's fervent pitch for the UCC, which essentially바카라 웹사이트refers to a common set of laws that are applicable to all the citizens of India and deals바카라 웹사이트with marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption among other personal matters, has triggered a political slugfest in the country.
With some opposition parties leaders like the Congress alleging that the move was only a political ploy, others such as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)바카라 웹사이트extended바카라 웹사이트its support and said the code should be brought in with a consensus after extensive consultations with stakeholders. This indicated that the opposition parties might not be on the same page on the issue, amid their ongoing efforts to forge opposition unity for Lok Sabha elections next year.
So far, two parties who had attended the opposition parties meeting in Patna --바카라 웹사이트Aam Aadmi Party and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) -- have expressed their support for the UCC.바카라 웹사이트
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut said that his party has historically supported the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code.
“We support the idea of Uniform Civil Code,” Raut told바카라 웹사이트The Hindu바카라 웹사이트on Wednesday. “Though, Prime Minister Modi라이브 바카라 latest campaign is a political stunt aimed at the next general elections and not a sincere exercise to bring the UCC [Uniform Civil Code]. In view of his remarks, we will have to sit and deliberate on the issue.”
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said the Centre should not push through with the Uniform Civil Code and rethink consequences of implementing it.바카라 웹사이트
"They should rethink about it. This is a diverse nation, people of different races and religions live here and Muslims have their own shariah law," Abdullah told reporters at Hazratbal after offering Eid-ul Azha prayers.
What did the previous Law Commission say?
The consultation paper of the 21st Law Commission headed by Justice B S Chauhan (retd) had said that while the diversity of Indian culture can and should be celebrated, specific groups or weaker sections of the society must not be "dis-privileged" in the process.
The consultation paper said most countries are now moving towards recognition of difference, and the mere existence of difference does not imply discrimination but is indicative of a robust democracy.
Implementing the code has been on the BJP's poll바카라 웹사이트agenda for years.바카라 웹사이트Uttarakhand is already in the process of framing its common code. The BJP had promised a UCC in Karnataka if it came to power.바카라 웹사이트Defence Minister Rajnath Singh defended Modi라이브 바카라 call for implementation of the code accusing the Opposition parties of trying to bring in a communal angle, reported PTI.
