Marriage Law....
India has a uniform penal code and common codes for civil and criminal procedure...
There is however no uniform pwrsonal law..The Indian constitution has conferred equal
rights to all Indian citizens. However separate laws based on various religions and different marriage laws often violate the equality guaranteed by the constitution.
For instance any hindu man can marry for more than once by just converting to Islam.
Islamic law give right of 4 wives to man but for woman right is restricted to one husband only.
Specially in inter-caste marriages or in intera -religious marraiges a woman become the main sufferer in case of dispute.
These separate laws based on separate religions not only violate the equal rights guranteed to women but also disturb the humanity and harmoney of the nation.
Before independence Jains,Shikhs, Budhhists too had separate laws too for marriage like Muslims ,Christians and Hindus.But after independence Jains, Shikhs and Budhhas are forced to adapt Hindu law..While muslims and christians continued to have separate laws..
Religion is a personel relation between a n individual and God .The constitution may give freedom for an individual s own religious practices but the law for marriage, property ,guardianship and adoption should be uniform for all Indian citizens as they affect the social aspect of human life.
However they can have a separate religious marriage ceremoney .
The time has come to think in this direction and let us frame a single uniform Indian Code for Marraige,Property,Guardianship ,Adaption etc.
India has a uniform penal code and common codes for civil and criminal procedure...
There is however no uniform pwrsonal law..The Indian constitution has conferred equal
rights to all Indian citizens. However separate laws based on various religions and different marriage laws often violate the equality guaranteed by the constitution.
For instance any hindu man can marry for more than once by just converting to Islam.
Islamic law give right of 4 wives to man but for woman right is restricted to one husband only.
Specially in inter-caste marriages or in intera -religious marraiges a woman become the main sufferer in case of dispute.
These separate laws based on separate religions not only violate the equal rights guranteed to women but also disturb the humanity and harmoney of the nation.
Before independence Jains,Shikhs, Budhhists too had separate laws too for marriage like Muslims ,Christians and Hindus.But after independence Jains, Shikhs and Budhhas are forced to adapt Hindu law..While muslims and christians continued to have separate laws..
Religion is a personel relation between a n individual and God .The constitution may give freedom for an individual s own religious practices but the law for marriage, property ,guardianship and adoption should be uniform for all Indian citizens as they affect the social aspect of human life.
However they can have a separate religious marriage ceremoney .
The time has come to think in this direction and let us frame a single uniform Indian Code for Marraige,Property,Guardianship ,Adaption etc.
