The concept of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has long stood at the intersection of law, religion, and politics in India. Enshrined as a directive principle in Article 44 of the Constitution, the UCC represents a vision of legal uniformity in matters of personal law—marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption, and maintenance—regardless of an individual’s religion. Yet, despite its constitutional mandate, the UCC remains one of the most debated an
The concept of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has long stood at the intersection of law, religion, and politics in India. Enshrined as a directive principle in Article 44 of the Constitution, the UCC represents a vision of legal uniformity in matters of personal law—marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption, and maintenance—regardless of an individual’s religion. Yet, despite its constitutional mandate, the UCC remains one of the most debated an
The evidence in each and every case needs to be considered from the view point truthfulness and its inherent capability of inspiring confidence in the mind of the judge to accept it or not. There cannot be a prosecution case with cast iron perfection in all respects and it is obligatory for the court to analyze, sift and assess the evidence on record, with particular reference to its trustworthiness and truthfulness. The judicial scrutiny has to be a dispassio
Industrial Revolution in the early years of the 19th century was one of the major turning points in the history of civilization. Man’s ability to make use of resources for improving the lives of fellow men was one of the drivers which led to this revolution. As time went, the industrial output and the multiplicity and intricacy of products increased. This increase has continued and it fills our lives with innumerable objects of desire and luxury, along w
The Indian society is characterized by a high degree of inequality based on the tenets of the caste system and this caste system is highly exclusionary in nature. Exclusion is integral to the system and thus a consequence of its basic features. Social exclusion between caste groups is ensured through the practices of endogamy and social separation. In retrospect every caste except those at the top of the caste hierarchy has suffered from unequal and hierarchal