Uniform civil code is an important step for India to be truly secular .
What need to be understood is that India already have civil codes for many aspects except for the laws governing families and personal law like marriages, divorce, adoption rights, inheritance rules etc.
1. Primarily, a uniform law will ultimately help India's women in every religion.
2. Poligamy and triple talaq systems that are repressive for women among Muslims will be come illegal.
3. Property inheritance laws will also get standardized.
4. The stranglehold of local churches (forced fund collection, excommunication) on their followers with respect to marriages will come to an end.
5. Untouchability, anti-dalit practices, khap panchayat verdicts on love marriages etc would also get curbed.
Let's hope this is a sincere effort from the Govt this time, and not a poll-gimmick timed for the UP elections.
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