Uniform Civil Code: A Never-Ending Dilemma in India

Uniform Civil Code is a compilation of essays by experts on one of the most debatable topics of independent India. In the Indian legal system religious personal laws exist along with territorial secular laws - an understanding borrowed from British India. This understanding is often criticised because religious personal laws are considered to be gender unjust and a hurdle in realising the goal of national integration. Being a secular nation, India has, time and again, strived to settle these issues without much success. A Uniform Civil Code is often suggested as a remedy but the question lingers: will its introduction resolve all the problems pertaining to gender equality and national integration? Or will it have an adverse impact on the religious rights of the citizens? Uniform Civil Code is an attempt to answer all such questions by exploring various facets of the topic. Readers will get an insight into the journey and evolution of the concept of Uniform Civil Code as also the views of the protagonists and antagonists. From the Constituent Assembly debates, corridors of the courts of law, and political agendas being set on roads and TV studios, this book will give readers an overall insight into the topic and allow them to decide what seems right in their perspective.