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Uniformity will not help

Sir, — Though the Supreme Court has called on Parliament to enact a uniform civil code, I fail to see how it will help promote national integration. Personal laws deal largely with marriage, divorce, inheritance and other family and property-related matters. And, if the laws laid down by a religion are not progressive, it is the community that suffers and not the nation. Certain personal laws that govern divorce and alimony may be discriminatory to women of a community. But, any call for change should come from within the community. Any attempt at forcing a common civil code will only result in more fissures in society.

R. Venkatesan Iyengar,
Gulbarga, Karnataka

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Sir, — Evolving a common civil code is a constitutional directive. The process has so far been delayed on the plea that only when there is a consensus among the minorities, there can be a common civil code. How can anyone who opposes a common civil code be considered secular?

K. Ramachandra Rao,
Mysore

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