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Nehru Report This thinking on the need for a common civil code for the whole country has a long history. Its first significant expression was in the Nehru Report in 1928. This report was; in fact, a draft of the constitution of free India, prepared in advance by Moti Lal Nehru, a legal expert of considerable renown. It contained the proposal that in free India all matters pertaining to marriages be brought under a uniform law of the land. The ulama of that time strongly opposed it. Even the British government refused to· accept the report, as it proposed dominion status for India, which was unacceptable to the British. In 1939 a meeting called by the Congress in Lahore to look into the issue. The practical aspects of the Nehru Report were discussed, but it was rejected on the grounds of impracticability. UNIFORM CIVIL CODE—A CRITICAL STUDY 9
The Verdict of the Supreme Court Since 1985, the issue of a uniform civil code has assumed a new dimension with Supreme Court judges beginning to refer to it in their judgements. The involvement of the court began in 1985 with a verdict given by Mr. Y.V. Chandrachud, the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India. In his well-known judgment in the Mohammad Ahmad-Shah Bano case, Justice Chandrachud felt the need to remark that the enactment of law under Article 44 of the constitution was the demand of the time, as he thought that a common civil code would help the cause of national integration. Following this, in 1985, another Justice of the Supreme Court, Mr. Chinnappa Reddy, dealing with a similar case, stated: “The present case is yet another which focuses ... on the immediate and compulsive need for a uniform civil code.” The same point was made in greater detail and with more emphasis in May 1995 by the two-member division bench of the Supreme Court, Justice Kuldip Singh and 10 UNIFORM CIVIL CODE—A CRITICAL STUDY
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