AIMPLB sends objections to Law Commission on Uniform Civil Code, says religious minorities be kept out of its ambit (Representational picture)
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has despatched its objections on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to the Law Commission. The Muslim legislation board has demanded that tribals and religious minorities be kept out of the purview of such a statute.
In an announcement launched on Wednesday, the Board gave a number of arguments in assist of its stand. “National integrity, safety and security and fraternity are best preserved and maintained if we maintain the diversity of our country by permitting minorities and tribal communities to be governed by their own personal laws,” the assertion issued by the workplace secretary of the Board, Mohammad Waquaruddin, stated.
The Law Commission had given time until July 14 to numerous events and stakeholders to file their objections to the UCC. AIMPLB had earlier requested to lengthen the time by six months. The working committee of the Board had accepted the draft response ready on UCC within the government assembly on June 27. On Wednesday, it was introduced for dialogue within the digital common assembly of the Board, the spokesman of the Board, Kasim Rasool Ilyas stated. This report was unanimously accepted, after which it has been despatched to the Law Commission, he stated.
“Personal relationships of Muslims, guided by their personal laws, are directly derived from the holy Quran and Islamic laws and this aspect is linked with their identity. Muslims in India will not be agreeable to lose this identity of which there is space within the constitutional framework of our country”, the assertion stated.
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It stated they had been making this submission for a number of causes as a result of although the difficulty is solely authorized, it has been fodder for politics and media-driven propaganda. This matter turns into additional necessary as a result of this Commission’s predecessor had examined the exact same concern and reached a conclusion that UCC is neither vital nor fascinating, the assertion stated.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board has submitted a draft opposing Uniform Civil Code to Law Commission pic.twitter.com/dvWEmQRrPN
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Within a brief span, it’s shocking to see the successive fee had been once more searching for public opinion with out there being any blueprint as to what the fee intends to do, it stated. The AIMPLB draft analysed the present civil legal guidelines and got here to the conclusion that present common/ uniform household legal guidelines should not actually uniform, even present codified neighborhood primarily based legal guidelines should not uniform.
(With inputs from PTI)
