The Constitution of India, in spirit, shuns extremism of any sort. It provides that right to education, right to equality and right to religion co-exist together and no one of them has a paramount importance in exclusion of others.
हिजाब पहना तो मारेंगे
जींस पहना तो मारेंगे
बुर्का पहना तो मारेंगे
टाँगें दिखाई तो मारेंगे
घूँघट हटाया तो मारेंगे
बोली तो मारेंगे !
न बोली तो मारेंगे !
The sporadic distribution of persons, identity, culture, language has always been a part of the Indic civilization. This heterogeneity implied a myriad of personal laws; both codified and uncodified. Where such diversity is engrained in the social fabric of India, such diversity could also mean plurality of gendered injustices. Delhi High Court on this note grappled and encouraged the Centre to act on the idea of Uniform Civil Code such that it doesn’t “remain a mere hope”. However, the Courts’ activism is not recent. Kerala HC in Agnes Alias Kunjumol v. Regeena Thomas also highlighted the need for such a legislation for subsistence of marital institution.