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Uniform Civil Code

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eligious in nature and content as any other part of belief<br />

or faith. Going round the fire seven times or giving<br />

consent before a Qazi are as much matters of faith and<br />

conscience as worship itself.<br />

It is a fact that no argument is strong enough to separate<br />

the issue of marriage from religion. And when marriage<br />

and divorce are matters of religion, according to Article<br />

25 of the Constitution, neither Parliament nor any other<br />

institution enjoys the right to snatch this established right<br />

from any group against its will. According to this clause,<br />

the enactment of such a law would be akin to<br />

interference in religious matters.<br />

UNIFORM CIVIL CODE—A CRITICAL STUDY 17

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