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Trending: Call for Papers Volume 5 | Issue 1: International Journal of Advanced Legal Research [ISSN: 2582-7340]

THE INTERSECTION OF PERSONAL LAWS AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: ANALYZING CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING UNIFORM CIVIL CODE – Ishaan Garg

INTRODUCTIONS TO PERSONAL LAWS

The country India is rich and diverse in culture, religions and traditions due to which the legal frame work of India is very rich in literature and the laws. the main motive of these personal laws is to govern the matters that are deeply intergraded with religions, tradition, and the sentiments of community. It covers the laws related to marriage to inheritance of the individual and also it dictates the rights and responsibility of the individuals to their religious farmwork and to the sate

The core of the persona laws is bases on the customs and the diversified culture of the religions and the need of the particular religion culture ethnicity. the personal laws take care and give recognitions to religious diversity like Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jain, and other religious communities which have their own distinct set of personal laws that are shaped by the years and time. The personal laws help providing legal frame work and serves as custodians of cultural heritage and religious identity.

The traces of personal laws can be found the since the period of ancient India, medieval India and further till the British India in the form of rules acts, Vedas scripts and customs. India has a rich culture and ethnicity and it is been said that India is the most diverse and culturally rich nation in the world. Due to this there are different personal laws for different groups like people of specific religion who follows Islam are ruled by Muslim law, Hinduism are followed by Hindu laws and so on.

Even at the time of Britishers they tried to unite the so that it could be easy to rule the Indian states also knows and provinces but these personal laws are so diversified by the nature and the rich culture that the attempts were failed.

 The Indian personal laws provide a structure for the resolving disputes and regulating personal matters within the specific religion insuring the social justice and equality.