UNIFORM CIVIL CODE
On August 22 nd , the Supreme Court banned the Islamic practice of triple talaq. It is an archaic custom that was extremely patriarchal in nature and was strongly opposed by women, terming it “regressive”. It violated our fundamental right to equality and has been described by the Supreme Court as “one of the worst forms of marriage dissolution”. In fact, most Muslim majority countries, including our infamous neighbour Pakistan has abolished this system. It has been criticized by various High Courts in the country. Even a petition of over a million Indian Muslims was signed to ban this so called “tradition”. Once the problem had finally been solved, the talk of a uniform civil code started gaining steam again. But are we too early? Or perhaps we should’ve done this a long time ago. Uniform civil code (UCC) means a system where every person is treated equally, irrespective of their caste, gender and religion. UCC will put an end
