Talk of Uniform Civil Code is communal agenda: Flavia Agnes

Talk of Uniform Civil Code is communal agenda: Flavia Agnes
goo.gl/RZYQl7    Reporters Name | CAMIL PARKHE | Sunday, 28 August 2016 AT 09:24 PM IST
    
Pune: Social activist and lawyer Flavia Agnes alleged that the ongoing talk of introduction of Uniform Civil Code was the right wing’s communal agenda,  intended for attacking the minorities.

Speaking to Sakal Times, the Mumbai-based activist, who was in Pune on Saturday, said that a campaign was launched to create a misconception, especially against the Muslim community. The campaign creates an impression that the present personal laws favoured the minorities while the majority community did not have these privileges.

Agnes said it is deliberately spread by the right wing elements that the personal law allowed a minority community member to have as many as four wives and many children. “The question is can we cite a single person belonging to the minority community from our neighbourhood having four wives or having many children?” she asked.

The lawyer, who has fought many legal cases related to domestic violence and divorces, said that in the past, there were many progressive rulings given by various High Courts and also by the Supreme Court, related to the issues of divorce, alimony and custody of the children.

The apex court in the country has also ruled against the practice of  triple talaq and has also simplified various rules related to divorce matters of the Christian community.  “The fact is that most people, even the elite ones from these communities, do not know the matters related to personal laws governing their own community,” Agnes claimed.

“These court rulings are applicable to members of various religious communities,” Agnes said. Instead of harping on the need to bring in the Uniform Civil Code, efforts should be made to educate people about these rulings and seek their implementation, she said.

Besides, there is also the Special Marriage Act which governs members of all communities irrespective of their religion, Agnes pointed out.

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