India needs a uniform civil code to prevent conflicts between personal laws and promote secularism

Abstract

The paper seeks to discuss those aspects of the Uniform Civil Code that have not been discussed to a greater extent in the past. Uniform Civil Code is an unfinished task in the hand of the legislature, but at present time the political parties and activists have come out in support of it, and the Uniform Civil Code remains a distant dream. The paper seeks to discuss the reasons which have caused delays in the adoption and implementation of the Uniform Civil Code and analysis the internal conditions to determine whether they are conducive to having a Uniform Civil Code or not? Moreover, the discussion regarding India is a secular country in the true sense, which means it does not follow any religion in the country. In this paper author talks about the concept of the Uniform Civil Code and which refers to the common set of secular civil laws which will govern all citizens of India without no consideration of their Religion.