Majority of Indian Muslim ladies assist Uniform Civil Code: Survey

Amidst the continuing debate over the laws of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) within the nation, a survey carried out by News18 exhibits that 67% of Muslim ladies approve of widespread legal guidelines pertaining to inheritance, adoption, divorce and marriage.

A complete of 8,035 Muslim ladies had been interviewed by a workforce of 884 News18 reporters throughout 25 States and Union Territories (UTs) for the aim of the survey. The members included ladies aged above 18 years, starting from illiterate to postgraduate.

The survey didn’t explicitly point out UCC however lined 7 key questions pertaining to the laws. On being requested whether or not there needs to be ‘common laws for all’ in civil issues, 5403 ladies (67.2%) mentioned ‘yes’.

A majority of Muslim ladies are in assist of what consultants say may very well be the foremost tenets of any #UniformCivilCode, based on the important thing findings of India’s largest #UCC survey carried out by the News18 Network. Watch for extra@Sriya_Kundu | #India pic.twitter.com/kLbkMEaNdh

— News18 (@CNNnews18) July 11, 2023

“Do you think Muslim men should have the right to marry up to four women?” the survey members had been requested. A whopping 6146 Muslim ladies (76.5%) mentioned that ‘no’ to the query. News18 reported that the detrimental reply was sturdy amongst graduates and ladies within the age vary of 18-44 years.

About 6615 Muslim ladies (82.3%) agreed that women and men ought to have equal rights of succession and inheritance. 73.7% of the respondents additionally affirmed that divorced {couples} ought to have the proper to remarry with none restrictions.

“Should adoption be allowed regardless of religion?” the Muslim ladies had been additionally requested. Interestingly, the acceptance price fell considerably to 64.9% (5219 members).

#News18Exclusive | 73.7% of respondents really feel that divorced {couples} needs to be allowed to remarry with none restriction, based on News18’s #MegaUCCPoll

64.9% mentioned sure to adoption being allowed no matter faith, reveals the mega survey #Exclusive #UniformCivilCode… pic.twitter.com/lvSOnYHjho

— News18 (@CNNnews18) July 10, 2023

About 5572 ladies (69.3% members) agreed that those that have reached the age of majority ought to have the liberty to ‘will away’ their properties.

The members had been additionally requested, “Do you support 21 years as the legal age of marriage for all men and women?” 6320 Muslim ladies or 78.7% ladies supported the thought.

While the respondents got the liberty to remain nameless, 90% of the ladies voluntarily advised their names to the News18 reporters.

BJP bats for Uniform Civil Code

On June 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned the topic of UCC throughout his deal with to social gathering staff in Bhopal.

While stating that political events try to mislead Muslims, he strongly batted for equal rights and Uniform Civil Code enshrined within the Constitution. He additionally dropped a touch that UCC could be on the playing cards within the upcoming Parliament session.

PM Modi mentioned, “Today people are being instigated in the name of UCC. How can the country run on two laws? The Constitution also talks of equal rights. Supreme Court has also asked to implement UCC. These (Opposition) people are playing vote bank politics.”

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami additionally mentioned that the UCC would quickly be carried out within the State.