At VHP event, Allahabad HC judge says India will run as per wishes of majority
Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav also uttered a slur used for circumcised Muslims and described the community as ‘harmful to the country’.
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The country will run as per the wishes of its majority, an Allahabad High Court judge said on Sunday at an event organised by the Hindutva group Vishwa Hindu Parishad, The Hindu reported.
Yadav also uttered a slur used for circumcised Muslims and described the community as ‘harmful to the country’, reported Bar and Bench. “They are the kind of people who do not want the country to progress and we need to be cautious of them,” he said.
Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav made the remarks while delivering an address on the “Constitutional Necessity of Uniform Civil Code”, Live Law reported. “Only what benefits the welfare and happiness of the majority will be accepted,” Yadav said.
“UCC [Uniform Civil Code] isn’t something that VHP [Vishwa Hindu Parishad], RSS [Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] or Hinduism advocates,” he said. “The country’s top court also talks about it.”
He added: “I am taking an oath that this country will definitely bring a single law, and it will bring it very soon.”
The Uniform Civil Code is a proposed common set of laws governing marriage, divorce, succession and adoption for all citizens. Currently, such personal affairs of different religious and tribal groups – except in Uttarakhand and Goa – are based on community-specific laws, largely derived from religious scripture.
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