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NEED OF UNIFORM CIVIL CODE AND EFFORTS BY INDIAN JUDICIARY

    2 Author(s):  DR. ARUN SHAIRYA , KAPTAN CHAND

Vol -  6, Issue- 1 ,         Page(s) : 292 - 298  (2015 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

The term civil code is used to cover the entire body of laws governing rights relating to property and otherwise in personal matters marriage, divorce, maintenance, adoption and inheritance. As thing stand, there are different laws governing these aspects for different communities in India. India is a country of multi-religions and multi languages. Number of people is governed by their personal laws. It leads to different treatment meted out to different classes of people in their personal laws. There are different codes for different communities like Hindu Marriage Act, Hindu Succession Act, Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, Hindu Guardiaship many different sects and they are ruled by their customs, traditions etc. These codes are based on different personal laws of different personal laws of different religious communities, but this classification based on religion faces many difficulties, whenever the question arises on matter of succession, marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption, maintenance, guardianship, custody of children etc.

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