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Sikhs and Buddhists objected to the wording of Article 25 which terms them as Hindus with personal laws being applied to them.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxgFWwK8dXwC|title=Freedom of Religion and Belief: A World Report|last1=Boyle|first1=Kevin|last2=Sheen|first2=Juliet|date=2013-03-07|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-72229-7|pages=191–192|language=en|access-date=16 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513181649/https://books.google.com/books?id=JxgFWwK8dXwC|archive-date=13 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> However, this article also guarantees the right of the members of the Sikh faith to bear a [[Kirpan]].<ref>{{citation|title=The Constitution of India, Right to Freedom of religion, Article 25|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/coiason29july08.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621134720/http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/coiason29july08.pdf|archive-date=21 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In October 2015, the Supreme Court of India asserted the need for a uniform civil code and said: "This cannot be accepted, otherwise every religion will say it has a right to decide various issues as a matter of its personal law. We don't agree with this at all. It has to be done through a decree of a court".<ref>{{citation|last=Anand|first=Utkarsh|title=Uniform Civil Code: There's total confusion, why can't it be done, SC asks govt|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/uniform-civil-code-supreme-court-asks-govt-why-cant-it-be-done-tell-us-your-plan|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|date=13 October 2015|___location=[[New Delhi]]|access-date=13 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015000259/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/uniform-civil-code-supreme-court-asks-govt-why-cant-it-be-done-tell-us-your-plan/|archive-date=15 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> On 30 November 2016, British Indian intellectual [[Tufail Ahmad]] unveiled a 12-point draft proposal, citing no effort by the government since 1950. The [[Law Commission of India]] stated on 31 August
Indian society in pre-independence era had many other considerations like socio-economic status, jati and [[gotra]] etc. in case of marriages. While the Hindu Code Bills and other Acts wiped out all such practices in Hindu, Jains, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities, some conservative sections of these communities had been demanding amendments to their Marriage Acts.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Anand|first=Hardik|date=2018-05-28|title=Amend Hindu Marriage Act to ban same-gotra marriages: Khaps|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/amend-hindu-marriage-act-to-ban-same-gotra-marriages-khaps/story-50prtuWUWkd6DEOc4IRnNN.html|access-date=2021-08-13|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
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