It refers to welcome Supreme Court verdict dated 12.08.2020 providing rights for daughters in property of Hindu Undivided Family to daughters also with retrospective effect. But big question is why daughters of other religions are deprived of right to equality.
Instead of inducing reforms in codes for various religions in parts like on Triple Talaque in Islam, Central government should now go ahead for a Uniform Civil Code as also favoured by constitution-maker Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar.
As rightly pointed out by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Uniform Civil Code will be drafted by taking welcome aspects of all religions like from Islam where it is necessary to seek consent of bride-to-be before marriage. Stringiest provisions for punishment of crimes as stipulated in Islam if induced in criminal law, can drastically reduce crime-rate. It is even harmful for Islam where several Hindus symbolically adopt Islam just for one day to have more than one wife. Even many Islamic countries have banned more than one wife with changing era.
Religious rituals in Hinduism and Jainism have been recognized world-wide necessary for humanity in on-going corona-crisis. Central government should at least initiate process by forming a high-level committee to draft Uniform Civil Code by adopting welcome features from different religions.
SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL