Uniform Civil Code A perspective Part Two
By Shafeeq R. Mahajir| Updated: 7th February 2021 5:46 pm IST Photo courtesy: Google creative common license
Shafeeq R. Mahajir
Now, in the context of the recurring references in judgements as well as in political stands, of the expression “common civil code”, one visits Art. 45 and reads that “the State shall endeavour to provide, within a period of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution, for free and compulsory education for all children… Here in place of the mandatory shall strive, and the emphasised shall, in particular, strive, the choice of words is “shall endeavour to provide…”. Now is there not a difference between “secure” and “provide”? Where even emphasised mandatory provisions are not enforceable by Court, and go unnoticed in the face of a deadline of ten years, why have the Hon’ble Courts taken the lead for suggesting action and direct their attention towards Muslim
A recent decision of the High Court Division (HCD) declaring that women cannot act as
nikah/marriage registrars in Muslim marriages was subjected to considerable scrutiny. There was a writ petition challenging the validity of a decision of the law ministry cancelling a panel of selected
nikah registrars (or commonly known as kazi ) for Dinajpur s Phulbari municipality. The reason shown for cancellation was that all three selected candidates were women and in the present realities of Bangladesh, women could not be appointed as
nikah registrars . One of the selected panelists had filed the petition, which was eventually rejected by the HCD.
diverse forms under the microscope and it presented a a mixed picture of the family can be a vehicle of empowerment but also one of patriarchal control and in many parts of the world it s still a place where violence against women is condoned and the executive director of u.n. women spoke out against physical and sexual violence in the home here is part of what she said we have seen great progress on the limb in aiding discrimination against women in laws however it is no accident that family laws have been the slowest to change she also said that the shocking pervasiveness of intimate partner violence means that statistically home is one of the most dangerous places to be for a woman imagine that. we ll talk more about this report i m joined now by zahra rezai she s the chief of research for you when women put out this report today she joins me tonight from new york it s good to have you on the show taken as
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human being. the video they just showed is disgusting. that s a mother beating the stuffing out of children. by the way, it s caught on video and she has no apologies? i mean i have seen her interviewed on the air. she has no apologies for anything. this woman is in complete denial. my daughter didn t do anything wrong and neither did i. but remy, can you you really charge someone for being unfit mother? well, we have all kinds of laws. we have civil laws. we have family laws. we have criminal laws. you cannot charge a parent for conduct of a child for which the parent has absolutely no role or responsibility in. imagine being responsible for something that your child does they are not even aware of. however, what we saw in that video is a parent or an individual acting in a criminal manner. she was beating on children. so she has been charged in a separate case. it s not the same case that her daughter is involved in. if there is a link between the mother and the child in the bull