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LUCKNOW: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has sent its objections on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to the Law Commission and stated that the content set out in the notice is vague, too general, and unclear.
The Law commission had given time till July 14 to various parties and stakeholders to file their objections to the UCC.
“The terms for the suggestions to be invited are missing. It appears that such a large issue has been floated in the public domain to seek a referendum as to whether the reaction of the general public also reaches the Commission in either equally vague terms or in a ‘yes’ or ‘no’,” read the statement issued by AIMPLB, which is a prominent Muslim non-governmental organisation formed in 1973 with the objective of protecting and promoting the application of Islamic personal law among Muslims in India.
The working committee of the AIMPLB had already approved the draft response prepared on UCC in the executive meeting on June 27 and on Wednesday it was presented for discussion in the virtual general meeting of the board.
“In the meeting all the members of the board unanimously opposed UCC. There is no need for UCC in the country. The issue is not just restricted only to Muslim, but to all religious and tribal communities. Five years ago, the 21st Law Commission had stated, that the country does not need UCC,” said board member Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali
The AIMPLB in their statement said, “UCC has been fodder for politics and propaganda. The Commission’s predecessor had examined the very same issue and reached a conclusion that UCC is neither necessary nor desirable. Within such a short span of time, it is surprising to see the successive commission again seeks public opinion without there being any blueprint as to what the commission intends to do. “
“The most crucial document of our nation, the Constitution of India, is itself not uniform in nature, prudently and with the intention to keep the country united. Different treatment, accommodation, adjustment is the nature of our Constitution. Different territories of the nation have been given different treatments. Different communities have been made entitled to different rights. Different religions have been given different accommodations,” read the statement.
It further read, “After the publication of the consultation report prepared by the 21st Law Commission, the Government has been completely silent on whether it has accepted the same either as a whole or in part. Nor has the government indicated what steps it has taken to interpret the findings of the 21st Law Commission. If it had rejected the whole or some findings of the 21st Law Commission, it has not disclosed its reason for such rejection.”
The Law commission had given time till July 14 to various parties and stakeholders to file their objections to the UCC.
“The terms for the suggestions to be invited are missing. It appears that such a large issue has been floated in the public domain to seek a referendum as to whether the reaction of the general public also reaches the Commission in either equally vague terms or in a ‘yes’ or ‘no’,” read the statement issued by AIMPLB, which is a prominent Muslim non-governmental organisation formed in 1973 with the objective of protecting and promoting the application of Islamic personal law among Muslims in India.
The working committee of the AIMPLB had already approved the draft response prepared on UCC in the executive meeting on June 27 and on Wednesday it was presented for discussion in the virtual general meeting of the board.
“In the meeting all the members of the board unanimously opposed UCC. There is no need for UCC in the country. The issue is not just restricted only to Muslim, but to all religious and tribal communities. Five years ago, the 21st Law Commission had stated, that the country does not need UCC,” said board member Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali
The AIMPLB in their statement said, “UCC has been fodder for politics and propaganda. The Commission’s predecessor had examined the very same issue and reached a conclusion that UCC is neither necessary nor desirable. Within such a short span of time, it is surprising to see the successive commission again seeks public opinion without there being any blueprint as to what the commission intends to do. “
“The most crucial document of our nation, the Constitution of India, is itself not uniform in nature, prudently and with the intention to keep the country united. Different treatment, accommodation, adjustment is the nature of our Constitution. Different territories of the nation have been given different treatments. Different communities have been made entitled to different rights. Different religions have been given different accommodations,” read the statement.
It further read, “After the publication of the consultation report prepared by the 21st Law Commission, the Government has been completely silent on whether it has accepted the same either as a whole or in part. Nor has the government indicated what steps it has taken to interpret the findings of the 21st Law Commission. If it had rejected the whole or some findings of the 21st Law Commission, it has not disclosed its reason for such rejection.”
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