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The Uniform Civil Code (UCC), aims to harmonise personal laws over religions to affect Muslim marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption. It advocates equal status to women in life and uniformity in laws, and yet, the debate on religious freedom is constantly there. A balanced, inclusive approach must be devised for doing justice, secularism, and national unity while not marginalising any community.
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Replacing a myriad of personal laws with a single legal framework, the UCC guarantees equality and uniformity across genders; it ensures national integration along with certain challenges such as opposition by religions and balancing of fundamental rights. Factors that define the success of this legislation include writing of an inclusive draft, political will, and judicial guidance along with societal acceptance.
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the Supreme Court of India has agreed to examine a petition seeking directions to frame pan-India guidelines so as to ensure a safe environment for women, children as well as transgender persons in the society.
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The Supreme Court granted interim protection against his arrest to YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia on Tuesday (February 18), in an FIR lodged in Mumbai, Guwahati, and Jaipur for the offence of obscenity on account of his comments made on an episode of the show India's Got Latent.