This is becoming quiet a party, Yaz’s blog!! Neat :-)

Nice case…the whole problem is, nobody seems to be sure on the exact extent of the UCC. this could be a blessing, since a national level debate can take place and the extent can be decided so that specific customs can be respected and given their place.
Possibly, we can have a system similar to the Roman Law, where redress was available under either the Law of the Land of the conquered territories or the Roman Law mechanism.But the difference would be, we would be extending it even to the personal issues, which, as far as I know, was not the case under the Roman system. On the other hand, I feel we have politically and socially progressed since the Roman times and this might be possible.

I fully agree. (And needless to say, very happy that someone else sees the point of view I had briefly mentioned here). I think that contract law and the law of torts should be able to handle personal issues as well. Incidentally, some sort of a “common code” already exists. E.g. The Special Marriage Act. I know of friends who are married under it although both are Hindus.

And on a more serious note, I never knew of a Special Marriage Act. Sounds like my kind of thing.