Look, I respect what you're saying about fairness, but your Goa example actually proves my point. You say Goa's UCC still has issues with women's inheritance - well, that's because they didn't reform their personal laws before imposing a uniform code. That's exactly my fear.
And yes, we have a common criminal code, but criminal law isn't tied to rituals, marriage ceremonies, or burial practices. Those are different things entirely. A UCC would wade into deeply personal territory - who you marry, how you divorce, how property passes down.
You say people didn't choose their personal law, but that's like saying nobody chose their native language. You can't just swap it out overnight without breaking communities apart. Reforming problematic practices from within each tradition is slower, sure. But it respects people's autonomy and avoids the backlash you'd get from forcing one system on everyone.
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