The DMK has strongly opposed the proposal to enact the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) by the Union government, contending that such a code was an antithesis to the right to freedom of practising and propagating one’s religion, under Article 25 of the Constitution and the rights given to minorities under Article 29.
In a letter to the Chairperson and members of the 22nd Law Commission of India, DMK general secretary Duraimurugan said the UCC would wipe away the personal laws of each religion in personal matters like religion, adoption and succession. He contended that the UCC had widespread ramifications on the rights of citizens of all denominations and would have a “potentially disastrous effect” on the secular ethos, law and order, peace and tranquility in the State and would intrude into the legislative powers conferred to States under the Constitution.
The DMK leader further requested the 22nd Law Commission to accept the views expressed by the 21st Law Commission in the consultation paper dated August 31, 2018 and to recommend to the Union government not to implement the UCC.
