UNIFORM CIVIL CODE

UNIFORM CIVIL CODE A Perspective E VEN prior to independence, the concept of a uniform civil code was a subject of discussion. Wide attention is still focussed on this concept, but it is now seen in a larger context of the Constitution of India. (Article No. 44, Uniform Civil Code). THE ORDER OF NATURE Zauq Dehlavi (1789-1854) is a famous poet of the Urdu language. One of his couplets reads: Gul hae rang rang se hae zinat-e-chaman Ai Zauq is jahan ko hai zeib ikhtilaf se (A variety of flowers of different hues and shapes make up the beauty of the garden. O Zauq, it is by diversity that this world has been rendered beautiful). This is the law of nature. If you stood in a garden you would find each plant, each tree different from all the others. The flowers of each tree would show their splendour in their own unique style. The whole garden would appear to possess great diversity. Even birds would be singing in different voices. Everything in nature is a unique specimen of variety. This variety is present in all the things of the universe, as well as in man. The study of biology and psychology tells us that one human being is totally different from another. Not just thumb impressions but even the cells of one man are different from those of another. One man’s eyes do not resemble anyone else’s. This difference and variety is not only for beauty. There is great wisdom behind it. In truth all human progress is associated with this variety and difference. This is what assists us to make new discoveries. It is this factor which results in the materialization of thinking which in turn produces intellectual development. Such challenges act as a spur to intellectual awakening. If the participants in a meeting were all of the same opinion, no new Variety and difference are a common law of nature that functions throughout all walks of life. No man has it in his power to change it.