SC seeks report from Allahabad excessive court docket over Justice Yadav’s controversial remarks at VHP occasion | India Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court docket has sought an in depth report from the Allahabad excessive court docket following reviews of a controversial speech delivered by Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, a sitting decide on the excessive court docket.
The speech, made throughout an occasion organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), included contentious remarks.
On the occasion, Justice Yadav had expressed assist for the proposed UCC, highlighting its potential to “promote social concord, gender equality, and secularism by eliminating unequal authorized methods based mostly on completely different religions and communities.”
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Talking on the occasion, Justice Yadav had mentioned, “The purpose [of the UCC] is to interchange numerous private legal guidelines that presently govern private issues inside completely different non secular communities, making certain uniformity of legal guidelines not solely between communities however inside a neighborhood.”
VHP mentioned Monday that its authorized cell was “setting the tone for UCC, Waqf Board (Modification) Invoice, and liberating temples from govt management” by participating with authorized fraternity in all states.
This isn’t the primary time Justice Yadav’s statements have sparked debate. In September 2021, he advocated for declaring the cow India’s nationwide animal throughout a listening to on a case associated to cow slaughter. “When tradition and religion are damage, the nation turns into weak,” he mentioned on the time.