A Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India would cover a range of laws, including:
Marriage, Divorce, Maintenance, Inheritance, Adoption, and Succession of property.
The UCC is mentioned in Article 44 of the Indian Constitution. As a Directive Principle of State Policy.
This means that the indian states should try to provide a UCC for it's citizens.
It is not yet a legally enforceable central right. But it has to be.
The UCC would replace personal laws based on religion, caste, creed, sexual orientation, and gender.
It will aim to:
@. Treat all citizens equally, regardless of their religious background.
@. Promote gender equality and religious neutrality.
@. Address issues like child marriages, polygamy, and triple talaq
@. Foster national integration and secularism
@. Banning polygamy.
@. Setting minimum ages for marriage.
@. Prohibiting marriage with relatives.
@. Granting equal inheritance rights to sons and daughters.
@. Regulating live-in relationships.
@. Address communal and sectarian conflicts.
@. Simplify the legal system.
The UCC is based on the premise that there is no connection between religion and law in modern civilization.
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