Prayagraj: Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a judge of the Allahabad High Court, on Sunday said that the objective of the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is to promote social harmony and secularism by ensuring uniformity of laws.
“The main objective of UCC is to promote social harmony, gender equality and secularism by eliminating unequal legal systems based on different religions and communities. The goal of this code is to ensure uniformity of laws not only between communities but also within a community,” said Justice Yadav while addressing the provincial convention of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s legal cell, Kashi province and the high court unit, organized at the library hall of the high court.
Justice Yadav said that the UCC, which is based on the principles of equality, justice and secularism, was an issue of debate in India for a long time.
UCC refers to a common law that applies to all religious communities in personal matters such as marriage, inheritance, divorce, adoption, etc. It aims to replace various personal laws that currently govern personal matters within different religious communities.
National co-convener of VHP’s legal cell Abhishek Atrey emphasized the need to remain united to protect identity. He also spoke on the Waqf Amendment Act and pointed out incidents in Bangladesh.
The VHP workshop was held in four sessions. The inaugural session was presided over by govt advocate at high court AK Sand. Regional convenor, legal cell, Brijendra Singh presented the outline of the workshop.
Senior high court advocate and former president of high court bar association VP Srivastava spoke on religious conversions.
Earlier, Arvind Kumar Mishra, a high court lawyer and convener of the legal cell, Kashi province, welcomed the guests. Co-conveners of VHP’s legal cell (Kashi province) Brajesh Singh and Om Prakash Singh, co-conveners Akhilesh Shukla, Kavita Tomar, Harbans Singh, Shiv Gopal Singh, Ajay Singh, Gaurav Dwivedi and Manish Dwivedi were present on the occasion. TOI
