Will the Uniform Civil Code bring Order?

What is the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)?

The term civil code is used to cover the entire body of laws governing rights relating to property and matters like marriage, divorce, maintenance, adoption and inheritance.

Currently, there are different laws governing these aspects for different communities in India. The laws governing inheritance or divorce among Hindus would be different from those pertaining to Muslims or Christians and so on.

Ruling party's pledge for UCC

In their mainfesto, the ruling party had pledged to draft the UCC.

This is what their manifesto said with regards to UCC -

"The party believes that there cannot be gender equality till such time India adopts a uniform civil code, which protects the rights of all women, and the party reiterates its stand to draft a uniform civil code, drawing upon the best traditions and harmonizing them with the modern times."

What is the current stand on UCC?

The new ruling party is in favour to discuss the controversial UCC. In the next few months, the developments on UCC might roll out and if it does, the entire country's laws will come under one uniform system.

*Source - TOI and The Guardian