January 18, 2025: Fact Recorder
Organizations representing the interests of Muslims claim the code violates Article 246 and its provisions either “impose one religion on the other”. They have also alleged a lack of clarity on key issues such as inheritance and marriage.
As Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reiterated that his government would roll out the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) by the end of January, several Muslim organisations are gearing up to challenge it in courts once it is implemented.
Pointing to the contentious provisions of the UCC, such as the exclusion of tribals, and questioning whether the Dhami government was right to enforce it when neighbouring states had not, organisations such as the Muslim Sewa Sangathan, the Tanzeem-E-Rehnuma-E-Millat, and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind indicated they would knock on the courts’ doors soon after the UCC is implemented.
Muslim Sewa Sangathan president Naeem Qureshi told that UCC would be challenged because it “violates” Article 246 of the Constitution, which provides for the Seventh Schedule to categorise subjects into State, Union and Concurrent lists.
