Opposes separate Buddhist Marriage Act proposed by the State govt
Mumbai : Bring Common Civil Code instead of separate Buddhist Marriage Act, Bharip Bahujan Mahasangha (BMS) leader Adv Prakash Ambedkar has said.
The Buddhist Mahasabha on Sunday would carry out a resolution in this effect, Ambedkar said. He is an advisor of Buddhist Mahasabha, the topmost body of Buddhists in India.
The proposal for a separate Buddhist Marriage Act was first brought in by former cabinet minister Nitin Raut in 2007 following demand by a few Buddhist organisations, which realised that in some cases courts had deemed marriages performed with Buddhist rituals to be null and void as the community is still ruled by the Hindu Marriage Act.
The State government is actively considering the proposal now and a meeting in this regard was recently organised by the principal secretary of the social justice department Ujwal Uke.
“We also have special marriages act. All religions can register their marriages under this act. Hence the Buddhist community does not need a separate act,” Ambedkar said. “We shall oppose any such proposal and a resolution in this regard would be brought in at the meeting of Buddhist Mahasabha on Sunday,” he said.
