Favour
- true secularism
- gender justice, women’s equality
- constitutional harmony, primacy of equality
- simplification of legal architecture
Against
- infringement of religious freedom A25
- threat to cultural plurality A29
- Tribal exemption contradiction
- fear of majoritarian norms imposition
UCC & equal woman rights
- absolute ban on polygamy
- equal inheritance & succession
- standardized grounds of divorce & annulment
- universal maintenance rights
- gender neutral custody & guardianship
approach
- LCI 2018: UCC neither necessary nor desirable
- proposed: focus on equality within communities rather than enforcing uniform equality b/w communities