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Uniform Civil Code–
A Critical Study
The same point was made in greater detail and with more
emphasis in May 1995 by the two-member division
bench of the Supreme Court, Justice Kuldip Singh and
10 UNIFORM CIVIL CODE—A CRITICAL STUDY
Justice R.M. Sahay. Their judgment said: “To introduce
a uniform Personal Law is a decisive step towards
national consolidation ... There is no justification
whatsoever in delaying indefinitely the introduction of a
uniform personal law in the country” (p.22).
He further writes:
The sole reason for his consummate tact was the high
level of education that had turned him into a fully aware
person. He knew that any negative event could be given
a positive turn. He knew the art of thinking. He was
abreast of the science of life. He knew that one could live
in harmony with other in spite of differences. The secret,
therefore, lay in Swamiji’s intellectual awakening and
not in a uniform civil code.