Ahmedabad: In a strongly-worded order, the Gujarat High Court yesterday said the Quran was being misinterpreted by Muslim men to have more than one wife and the provision of polygamy was being misused by them for "selfish reasons".

The high court also stated that time has come for the country to embrace the uniform civil code as such provisions are in violation of the Constitution. Justice J B Pardiwala made these observations while pronouncing the order related to section 494 of IPC, which deals with punishment for having more than one wife.