As I've stated before The UCC or Uniform Civil Code is a lingering Dilemma of Indian Democracy. The Mere mention of Art.44 is deemed outrageous by Few People!! The most discussed and commonly known case is of Shah Bano's* case where a poor muslim women claimed for maintenance from her husband under Sec.125 of Cr.P.C after getting triple Divorce by her Muslim husband. SC ruled in her Favour, Chief Justice Chandrachud commenting, "A common civil code will help the cause of national integration by removing disparate loyalties to law which have conflicting ideologies." The Response to the judgement was Prompt,Strong and reactionary. Muslim leaders all over vowed to "Give Lives" Protecting their personal law. this unrest is what caused then PM rajiv Gandhi pass Muslim women's(Protection of Rights in Divorce) act,1986. In another matter of Sarla mangal v. Union of India(AIR 1995 SC 153) Bench headed by Justice Kuldip Singh Readdressed issue reminding then PM P.V.Narasimha Rao to take a fresh look at Art.44 Quoting. "Successive governments have, till date, wholly remiss in their duty of implementing the constitutional mandate under Article 44." In another case in 2003 of a christian Priest From kerala John Vllamatton v. Union of India, AIR 2003 SC 2902 Bench of justice Khare, Observed as under, "It is a matter of great regret that article 44 of Constitution has not been given effect to. Parliament is still to stop in for framing a uniform civil code in country." Contradictory to that when the Petition was filed to mandate Government to initiate UCC in Country, it was dismissed on the ground that this was a matter of Legislature and not the Judiciary.** Chief Justice Chandrachud stating that UCC being Vital for national integration in case of Pannalal Bansilal v. State of AP, (AIR 1996 SC 10230, it was held that Introducing UCC in one go will be Counter productive For nation's Unity and Integrity Even the strong Outbursts of Justice Kuldip Sing were Diluted observing, They were only in nature of Obiter Dicta*** and not legally binding in the government. The Contradictory stand of SC on the Matter of UCC further cements the way for politicians to Thrive upon!! And that's what is happening on the matter frequent media reports few live 'Newshour Debates' ensure that the extreme REligious archetypes will rore then and again and lo and behold we will continue to live a falsified Dream of Equality!! * Mhd. Ahmed Khan V. Shah Bano Begum (AIR 1985 SC 945) ** Maharishi Avadhesh v. Union of India, 1994 SCC Suppl (1) 713) *** Obiter Dicta- a judge's expression of opinion uttered in court or in a written judgement, but not essential to the decision and therefore not legally binding as a precedent. OR an incidental remark.
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From time and again Indian Media, Citizens of India and It’s politics has dancing around the concept of 'Uniform Civil Code'. The trending tag #UniformCivilCode the news flashes around it tell a story. A story of failure, a story of nonsensical stands and oblivious judgements! The Art. 44 of the Indian Constitution lays down an important directive principle of state policy, namely, that the state shall endeavour to secure for its citizens, a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India. However the Constitution contradicts itself! Stating in Art. 37 that 'Directive principles (similar to Art. 44) are not enforceable by any court although they are Fundamental in Governance of country.' The time being now our government and legislation is governed by personal laws of us citizens. Meaning each religious groups having its own take on common practices like Marriage, Divorce, Adoption and Succession based on their beliefs. For example The practice of monogamy for Majority I.e. Hindus and practice of Polygamy for minorities I.e. Muslims !! The suggestions made in Art. 44 are fairly simple, making an Integrated code of conduct respecting all personal codes i.e. Hindu Law, Muhammadan Law, Christian Law, The Parsi Law so on and so forth, but making all Individuals irrespective of Beliefs & Customs he practices stand on common ground for legal consideration! Former governing party of India Congress issued a press release stating that the issue of Uniform Civil Code being 'sensitive' one they would like to discuss all possibilities with experts and fellow parties. This is what exposes the Dirty hidden agenda of appeasement they’ve used for years!! I’m not against them but appeasing few social groups for own ‘Political’ gain is just wrong!! I stand against that!! The so called Secular people and their secularist brotherhood (I've typed and erased 'Pseudo' prefix for word secular!!) like all Socialists, Communists are silent on the matter!! This being a matter of key importance in National Integration and I Being a Law student, feel obligated to present my #LucidAngle on the matter So I’ve decided to Blog about it for days to come in a series to address the matter in deep!! Comment your #LucidAngles below!! Ref.-'Principles Of HINDU LAW' by Noshirvan H. Jhabvala Pg. no.36-40 Language the very thing that we use to communicate on daily basis is deteriorating! It's a growing concern of mine that I've decided to voice today!
I am fluent in English as well as Hindi and I've tried my hand on learning German and failed but for major part of the day I speak Marathi so I'm going to discuss on Marathi but this goes with each regional language spoken in India. On the one hand we Maharashtrians demand that Marathi should be made a Classical Language or as we say 'अभिजात भाषा' in Marathi. Yet we are most ignorant about it's cultivation, it's use or even maintaining it's status! The language that finds it's origin in Sanskrit the language of Gods as we believe is being morphed into something else entirely. Just take for example when we pick up the phone we exclaim "Hello!", When the occasion to thank anyone rises we utter "Thanks" or "Thank You" instead and the list goes on. I for myself Decided that I'll use as many as Marathi substitutes as possible while speaking! But I'm sad to note that not just my friends but few of my relatives do pick one me for speaking like a Know it all, or as they say in Marathi a 'डुढ्ढाचार्य'! All the mainstream Media, News and also the Web Promoting and in some place advocating the use of these Slangy Urbanized forms of Languages is just ridiculous. It's also easy ot trace their devolution as first the introduction of Texting, Yeah folks it was a thong few years ago mainstreamed short forms or Acronyms, the internet saw that business booming with platforms like Online chatting, Internet messengers like What's app and sites lime Twitter. I'm not at all against it Heck I am proud and frequently brag about my fluency in English but mindfully we need to take few steps towards conservation of languages that are beautiful as it is, With all the ascents they show! But With each and every word spoken now by every one of us we are creating a new language मिंglish a cocktail of English and Marathi and that's toxic for both! It has happened!! Calming #YouthWithFtII All major campuses in Sangamner are closed down for the day including sangamner college, AVCOE & AVPoly , Students are getting escorted out of the campus by security and staff!!
Issue much talked over of FTII is finally acquired by NSUI, they are saying “एफ.टी.आय.आय. के सन्मानमे युवक कोन्ग्रेस मैदान मे!” meaning they act for ‘Respect’ of FTII. Oh Please!! In Respect?? what a joke!! Student of the institute in Question Raves, Smokes, Drinks in (It’s own Educational) Campus, Threatens college administration with pledge of Anarchy, Disrespects National Anthem!! And now NSUI is hitting the streets for ‘Respect’ of such students. Putting a Leash around all colleges unrelated to subject. Even the tactics & antics they used were matter of ridicule. In Nanded they told common students that in a imaginary tragic event A student of FTII has died recently and to honour him they must close colleges, At Sangamner when confronted by a Student the NSUI worker told that he was just doing what he was told and don’t know anything regarding matter, It was a exhibition of a political power for him!! What they’ve achieved doing it besides Confusing masses is beyond my understanding!! #LucidAngles Keywords- FTII; NSUI; What has happened?; Reality Today saw a Ultimatum issued on Facebook by the so called student wing of Congress ‘The NSUI’ about initiating a state-wide College lock-down or कॅालेज बंद to support the agitating students of Film and Television Institute of India. As soon as the post was published and I read about it the one question that came to the mind was ‘Is disrupting academics of all colleges in Maharashtra to show support to ongoing agitation at Pune Wise?’
The students of the institute in question are on Strike close to three months now!! As I believe No new admissions either in hostels or in college are conducted this and past year too!! Students from previous batches have failed to complete their respective courses in given time, The passing rate of IIT’s is better than FTII where by a report Government spends 3.5 laks per student and close to 8 lak being spent on a FTII one. Now the Question I have is simple, Why do amidst of Submissions, Term Ends, Practical’s & prelim Exams, NSUI is forcing its agenda on colleges which clearly aren’t related to the matter Of FTII? Isn’t this immoral!! Aren’t common students going to suffer? Or to achieve a Political Benefit #NSUI is continuing on their path of Nonsense is for Time to determine! #LucidAngles |
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