Necessity of Uniform civil code in India

Authors

  • Shweta Mishra
  • Amit Kumar Pandey

Keywords:

Constitution, Uniform Civil Code, Personal Law, Fundamental Rights, Supreme Court.

Abstract

The word uniform civil code incorporate three terms 'uniform' ,' civil ', 'code'. The word uniform methods all individuals are equivalent in all conditions ; the term common gets from the Latin word ' civil ' signifies resident when use as a descriptor to the term ' law' which means the privilege of native ; the word code got from Latin word ' codex' which means book. So along these lines it signifies the implying that consistently laws that are material to all native of India independent of their position, religion, birth, sex, tribe. Article 44 of the Directive Principles of state approach in the Constitution of India says the "State will attempt to accommodate its residents a uniform civil code (UCC) all through the domain of Indian territory." The target of this undertaking ought to be to address the victimization helpless gatherings and orchestrate differing social practices. By and by circumstance touches base to set up a uniform civil code in India. On the planet there are a huge amount of countries where only one court has for all people free of different religions. The stand taken by B.R. Ambedkar in the Constituent Assembly discussions has endure the years. Dr. Ambedkar had said a Uniform civil code is alluring yet for the minute ought to stay deliberate.

Published

2020-01-10

How to Cite

Mishra, S., & Pandey, A. K. (2020). Necessity of Uniform civil code in India. Journal of Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence, 2(2). Retrieved from https://lawjournals.celnet.in/index.php/Jolj/article/view/380

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Section

The Constitutional Jurisprudence: Concept, influence