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Former CJI was speaking at the release of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s new book ‘Hour Living Constitution’. The event was organized by IIMUN (India’s International Movement to Unite Nations).
Former CJI DY Chandrachud said on Saturday that the Constitution expresses the desire for the Uniform Civil Code. 75 years after the Constitution, the time is now to achieve this goal. He also said that this step should be taken only by taking all castes, communities and classes of the country in confidence.
Former CJI was speaking at the release program of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s new book ‘Hour Living Constitution’ on Saturday. During this time he said,
The Indian Constitution is the greatest strength to provide stability to the country. This constitution creates India as a nation by adding various communities, religions, regions and cultures into one formula.
On the alleged threat on the constitution and the opposition’s concern over constitutional institutions, he said that the Constitution is forever. In the last 75 years, there have been several rounds of governance, epidemic and internal-hatred challenges, but the Constitution worked to give stability to the country.
July 11: Former CJI said-One country-not a violation of the basic structure of the constitution
On July 11, former Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud had said, “The elections of Lok Sabha and Assembly together are not a violation of the basic structure of the Constitution.” However, he has expressed concern over the powers given to the Election Commission (ECI) in the proposed bill.
The former CJI had said that this could give ECI the power to increase or decrease the term of the assemblies. Circumstances should be defined in which ECI can use this power.
Justice Chandrachud had handed over his written opinion to the Parliamentary Committee on one country-one election. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced a country-one election constitutional amendment bill in the Lok Sabha on December 17, 2024. Read full news …
Modi said- I call UCC a Secular Civil Code
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Haryana on 14 April- Whenever the Congress showed the power crisis, he crushed the constitution. The spirit of the constitution is that there should be a similar civil code for everyone, which I call a secular civil code. The Congress never implemented it. After coming to the BJP government in Uttarakhand, the Secular Civil Code came into force to the injury of Danke. The people of the Congress sitting in the pocket of the constitution are opposing him.
23rd Law Commission will prepare the final draft of UCC
The 22nd Law Commission headed by Justice (Retired) Rituraj Awasthi prepared a draft of the UCC and released it for public opinion. The commission had received the opinion of about one crore people on this.
The 22nd Law Commission had interacted with around 30 organizations. But with the end of the term of the Commission, the work of preparing the final draft of UCC went on hold.
However, now the Law Commission is being activated again to proceed on the UCC. The notification of the 23rd Law Commission was issued on September 2, 2024. Now after about 7 months, it has been decided on the appointment of its president and members.
Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, who retired from the Supreme Court in May 2023, will be made the chairman of the commission. He will be accompanied by well-known lawyer Hitesh Jain and Professor DP Verma. Notification of their appointment will be released this week.
Uttarakhand becomes the first state to implement UCC UCC has come into force in Uttarakhand since January 27, 2025. It was announced by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami at the Chief Minister’s residence. During this, CM Dhami said that we fulfilled the promise made to the public 3 years ago.
The UCC is not against any religion or class. Its purpose is not to target anyone. Everyone has to give equal rights. The day of 27 January will be celebrated as Uniform Citizenship Day. With the implementation of UCC, Halala, polygamy, triple talaq will be completely banned. Dhami also launched the UCC rules and portals in the same state. This portal has been opened to the general public. Read full news …
UCC in Goa before independent India Uttarakhand became the first state after Goa where UCC is in force. Even though the UCC is already applicable in Goa, it was implemented under the Portuguese Civil Code. Uttarakhand is the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code after independence.
CM Dhami of Uttarakhand had said that the implementation of UCC in the state is a very emotional moment for us.
What will change with UCC, understand in 3 points …
Equal property rights: Both son and daughter will get equal rights in property. It will not matter which category they belong to.
Property after death: If a person dies, the uniform civil code gives the property of that person the right to distribute equally to the spouse and children. Apart from this, the parents of that person will also get equal rights in the property. In the previous law, only the mother of the deceased used to get this right.
Divorce will be found only on the same reason: The husband and wife will get divorce only when the basis and reasons of both are similar. Divorce will not be found only by giving only one side.
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Read this interview of former CJI DY Chandrachud …
Former CJI Chandrachud said that I had to end at the Article 370: I never said to pray to God before the decision on the Ram temple.
Former CJI DY Chandrachud of the Supreme Court has denied that before the decision on the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, he prayed for a solution to God. Justice Chandrachud (retired) revealed this in an interview to BBC in February. He had said that these things are the product of social media. My point was presented incorrectly. Read full interview …