Uniform Civil Code is a highly "sensitive" issue in the country where people belonging to different races, castes and communities reside, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has said.
"The question of Uniform Civil Code is a very-very sensitive issue. India is a country which has a multifarious race, caste and community," the CJI expressed his views while speaking at the M K Nambiar Memorial Lecture here.
Appreciating the utter care and sensitivities required in countries like India when it comes to enacting and implementing a legislation, he said that even Britishers took thirty years to implement Indian Penal Code.
"It took almost thirty years for Britishers to implement the Indian Penal Code after its codification in the beginning of 1830," he said.