Uttarakhand's Civil Code Breeds an Indian Surveillance State – The Diplomat
Efforts to address social issues risk being co-opted for political gain or used to further divisive agendas.
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Efforts to address social issues risk being co-opted for political gain or used to further divisive agendas.
The state has often intervened in the domain of relationships to maintain the delicate balance between a person’s right to privacy and a just social order
Drawn from classical religious texts, personal laws discriminate on the basis of gender and the outdated conceptions of the family. At its core, the UCC is a legal reform project — an opportunity to rationalise and modernise a fragmented and archaic area of law
The bill allows inspection of marriage and divorce registers ‘by any other person’.