"Muslim law is immutable" - incorrect fact said Dr Ambedkar during CAD on UCC
It is reported that Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan Kirori Lal Meena is scheduled to introduce the private members' bills on uniform civil code in the very first week of the Parliament session which is starting from July 19. Uniform Civil Code forms the base of any secular state. Secularism is the integral part of the Basic Structure Doctrine of Constitution.The Constituent Assembly Debates are worth reading the mind of Dr Ambedkar on this issue on 23 Nov 1948. that uniform civil code is already done . This Debate on draft Article 35 also higlights the need and urgency for uniformity in Civil matters like marriage, divorce, maintenance, succession etc . There has been the historical assimilation of uniformity of criminal law in India by Muslims in India .Initial phase of adoption on voluntary basis was discussed as a policy of introduction of UCC in country like India which is a land of diversity . Pluralism is the ha...