The Uniform Civil Code The Uniform Civil Code deals with personal matters like marriage‚ divorce‚ maintenance‚ adoption and inheritance. At present in India‚ there are a set of different laws for people belonging to different communities. While the Jains‚ Sikhs and Buddhists are covered under the Hindu Civil Code‚ the Muslims are governed by the Shariat law. Uniform Civil Code will streamline the personal laws and adopt the progressive ones. Uniform Civil Code is in place in most modern countries
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Uniform Civil Code: An Overview India has multiplicity of family laws. The Christians have their Christians Marriage Act 1872‚ the Indian Divorce Act‚ 1869 and the Indian Succession Act‚ 1925. The Jews have their uncodified customary marriage law and in their succession matters they are governed by the Succession Act of 1925. The Parsis have their own Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act‚ 1936‚ and their own separate law of inheritance contained in the Succession Act which is somewhat different from the
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Uniform Civil Code India is a secular democratic country. Secularism means equal rights to everybody. The rights should not differ on the basis of sex or religion. The fact that India is having different Civil Code for different persons based on their religion does not suite its secular state status. The two major laws that are governing the lives of most of the people of our country is the Hindu and Muslim law (Sharia law). Both these laws have varied approach to civil rights. The marriage
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Republic Act No. 386 June 18‚ 1949 The Civil Code of the Philippines AN ACT TO ORDAIN AND INSTITUTE THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES Title IX. - PARTNERSHIP CHAPTER 4 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (n) Art. 1843. A limited partnership is one formed by two or more persons under the provisions of the following article‚ having as members one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. The limited partners as such shall not be bound by the obligations of the partnership. Art. 1844
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The Civil Code of the Philippines AN ACT TO ORDAIN AND INSTITUTE THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES The Civil Code of the Philippines - At a Glance Preliminary Title Articles 1-36 Book One Articles 37-413 Book Two Articles 414-711 Book Three Articles 712-1155 Book Four Articles 1156-2270 \REPUBLIC ACT NO. 386 AN ACT TO ORDAIN AND INSTITUTE THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES PRELIMINARY TITLE CHAPTER I EFFECT AND APPLICATION OF
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THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE‚ 1908 (Act No. 5 of 1908) An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the procedure of the Courts of Civil Judicature. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the procedure of the Courts of Civil Judicature; it is hereby enacted as follows:PRELIMINARY 1. Short title‚ commencement and extent- (1) This Act may be cited as the Code of Civil Procedure‚ 1908. (2) It shall come into force on the first day of January‚ 1909. [2][(3)
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SOCIOLOGY PROJECT COMMON CIVIL CODE -ONGOING DEBATE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY The aim of this research paper is to determine the extent and scope of Research Methodology on the society through research and by using different cases and events to determine the total effect of the common civil code in India. It explains the extent of common civil code in India with cases and circumstances wherever necessary. Aims and Objectives * To determine the extent of common civil code in India * To discuss
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India have a Uniform Civil Code? Introduction Should India have a Uniform Civil Code? This is a question that causes agitation and furious debate everytime it is raised. It is a debate that has been raging for years now. Even the makers of our Constitution thought about it when they wrote it because the Article 44 our Constitution clearly states that :’ The state shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India’. The article is part of the Directive
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The Constitution envisages homogeneity to be brought about in respect of all aspects of Civil Law applicable to all Indians and Article 44 says that “the State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India”. In fact‚ except for marriage‚ divorce‚ adoption and succession‚ all other aspects of personal Civil Law are covered by statutes‚ which apply to all Indians irrespective of their faith. For example‚ contract‚ transfer of property‚ tenancy relationships
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Title X. - AGENCY CHAPTER 1 NATURE‚ FORM AND KINDS OF AGENCY Art. 1868. By the contract of agency a person binds himself to render some service or to do something in representation or on behalf of another‚ with the consent or authority of the latter. (1709a) Art. 1869. Agency may be express‚ or implied from the acts of the principal‚ from his silence or lack of action‚ or his failure to repudiate the agency‚ knowing that another person is acting on his behalf without authority. Agency
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