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02/08/22 22:52 PM IST

The Parliamentary Panel has highlighted some of the outdated provisions of Goa’s uniform civil code

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  • A parliamentary panel has reviewed Goa’s uniform civil code and some of its members feel that there are some peculiar and outdated provisions related to matrimony in it.
Goa Civil Code 
  • The Goa Civil Code, a set of civil laws that governs all residents of the coastal State irrespective of their religion and ethnicity, has come under focus amid a call for the implementation of a uniform civil code (UCC) across the country. Goa is the only state with UCC in India.
  • Objections: There were some peculiar clauses in the law related to matrimony and division of property, which were outdated and not based on the principle of equality.
  • The law also doesn’t recognize bigamy or polygamy, including for Muslims but grants an exception to a Hindu man to marry once again if his wife doesn’t conceive a child by the age of 21 or a male child by the age of 30.
UCC 
  • The UCC refers to a common set of laws governing personal matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance and succession, that will apply to all citizens irrespective of their religion, caste, and gender.
  • Article 44 of the Constitution, which is one of the Directive Principles of State Policy, also advocates a uniform civil code.
  • However, governments since Independence have allowed respective religion-based civil codes to respect the diversity of India.
Source- The Hindu 

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