This is one of the best decisions taken by the Supreme Court of India.  There ought to be one law of the land which applies equally to all citizens of India irrespective to one's religious faith and following.  It does not make sense to have a parallel court or Sharia law prevailing in India along with a national law per the provisions of an Indian Constitution.  However, this writer is not very happy with the flexibility shown by the Supreme Court's decision for the Muslim individuals to accept or not to accept the Sharia law in their personal affairs. This leaves still lot of authority and domination of mullahs over an individual to threaten him to abide by the Sharia Law.  The court should have been very clear in its judgement not to accept the Sharia Law at all by anyone living in India, and if anyone is punished predicated on the Sharia Law, the person responsible for announcing that punishment ought to be put behind bars for a long time.  Muslims ought to follow the same law which non-Muslims are following which means - not keeping 4 wives at the same time, no divorce by just saying 'Talaak' three times and no hand-outs for their Haj pilgrimage etc.  It is about time that the nation is run on one single law of the land which applies equally to all.