Secularism and Liberal Democracy
Bhaskar Dasgupta November 28, 2005
#97 Posted by dost_mittar on December 2, 2005 8:24:27 am
HP#95:
If Pakistan repealed the religion-based British laws with a common civil code for all citizens, it is perhaps more ``secular`` than secular India in this respect.
jang:
Even the Ramayan hadith has Dashrath with four wives - very Islamic eh? :-)
The Sikhs, in particular, against the law because (1) it lumped them with the Hindus and (2) it went against the jat tradition of ``chadar pana`` to a brother`s widow.
If Pakistan repealed the religion-based British laws with a common civil code for all citizens, it is perhaps more ``secular`` than secular India in this respect.
jang:
Even the Ramayan hadith has Dashrath with four wives - very Islamic eh? :-)
The Sikhs, in particular, against the law because (1) it lumped them with the Hindus and (2) it went against the jat tradition of ``chadar pana`` to a brother`s widow.
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#98 Posted by HP on December 2, 2005 9:42:03 am
Dost Mittar,
It has been a long time...but I know two laws that were either amended or totally discarded.
Hindu punchait act and Hindu family act. I think they were both from the British era but were found inaplicabale in Pakistan.
I don`t think that Hindu in Sindh have a punchait system and I have never heard of the hindu family laws from hindus. So I am assuming that they were discarded in Pakistan.
It has been a long time...but I know two laws that were either amended or totally discarded.
Hindu punchait act and Hindu family act. I think they were both from the British era but were found inaplicabale in Pakistan.
I don`t think that Hindu in Sindh have a punchait system and I have never heard of the hindu family laws from hindus. So I am assuming that they were discarded in Pakistan.
#99 Posted by MantoLives on December 7, 2005 7:13:02 am
Provisions about Joint Hindu Family ... And succession laws continue to be part of our law books...
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