Allahabad HC Decide Shekhar Kumar Yadav seems earlier than SC collegium over his remarks on UCC at VHP occasion | India Information – Instances of India
NEW DELHI: Allahabad excessive court docket decide Shekhar Kumar Yadav, who landed in controversy after his comment on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), appeared earlier than the Supreme Court docket collegium on Tuesday.
Yadav appeared earlier than the collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and was requested to place forth his model of the statements made, reported information company PTI citing sources.
“The Supreme Court docket has taken be aware of newspaper reviews of a speech given by Mr Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a sitting decide of the excessive court docket of Judicature at Allahabad. The main points and particulars have been known as from the excessive court docket and the matter is into account,” an official assertion had mentioned.
In accordance with the established norm, a decide, towards whom a report is sought by the apex court docket collegium on any controversial concern from the excessive court docket involved, is given alternative to place forth his or her model earlier than the highest court docket collegium headed by the chief justice of India.
His comment on the UCC, calling it a measure to “remove unequal authorized programs” triggered controversy, with the Supreme Court docket intervening within the matter.
Justice Yadav’s speech, made on December 8 whereas addressing a provincial conference of the authorized cell and excessive court docket unit of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Allahabad excessive court docket, included remarks that didn’t go properly with a sure part.
“UCC’s objective is to advertise social concord, gender equality and secularism by eliminating unequal authorized programs primarily based on totally different religions and communities,” Justice Yadav informed the gathering in Allahabad.
“The purpose is to switch varied private legal guidelines that at present govern private issues inside totally different spiritual communities, guaranteeing uniformity of legal guidelines not solely between communities however inside a neighborhood,” he added.
After the uproar over Justice Yadav’s comment, the Supreme Court docket had sought an in depth report from the Allahabad excessive court docket over the matter.
