ONE NATION, ONE LAW: The Necessity And Challenges In Implementing The Uniform Civil Code

The introduction of the Uniform Civil Code ("UCC") has been a perennially contentious issue in the sphere of Indian policy-making. Recently, the debate around the implementation of the UCC has been highlighted with heads of States announcing the introduction of the UCC and the growing need for the same. With the development of jurisprudence surrounding personal laws and religious practices, it has become imperative to review the necessity, introduction and successful implementation of the UCC in a country where secularism and the protection granted to religious practises is guaranteed in Part III of the Constitution of India.

This Article aims to explain the origin of the concept and its roots in the Constitution of India along with discussing the road to implementation of UCC with reference to how laws akin to UCC have been framed by other countries.