Minorities Commission panel on Uniform Civil Code
Hyderabad, Dec 13 (INN): The Andhra Pradesh State Minorities Commission on Saturday constituted a panel to consult experts and Muslim religious heads to elicit their views on Uniform Civil Code.
Addressing a press conference here, Commission chairman Abid Rasool Khan claimed that Union Law Minister DV Sadanand Goud had initiated a debate on introduction of Uniform Civil Code in the country. Therefore, in view of this reported move, the panel would elicit the views of different sections of the society to prepare a report wherein it would suggest that the Muslim Personal Law should not be interfered with in case of introduction of Uniform Civil Code.
The Minorities Commission has also constituted three other panels to study different subjects which include crimes against minorities' woman and children. Abid Rasool Khan suggested that the Centre should constitute a judicial commission for minorities' woman and children and fast track courts should be set up for the trial of those cases. He said all the panels would prepare their reports within 15 days and the same would be submitted to the governments of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh within 30 days.
Abid Rasool Khan also proposed that the State Minorities Finance Commission should provide interest-free short-term, even daily loans, to the small vendors and other petty traders to eradicate the evil of illegal financiers from the society.
He also informed that in the last 15 months, the Commission has received complaints related to 14 cases of rape, four murders, 28 dowry harassment cases and nearly 50 cases were of serious nature which were taken up suo motto. He said in at least 10 rape cases, the victims were minors while the culprits were neigbours who later tried to intimidate them to withdraw the complaints.
News Posted: 13 December, 2014
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