Personal Laws and UCC: Challenges of Reconciling Personal Laws with UCC in India

ABSTRACT

Since the last few years, India has been witnessing a never-ending debate and discussion about the Uniform Civil Code. Some people are against it, and some are staunchly against it. The proponents of the idea believe that the UCC will lead to uniformity among the personal laws in the country, while its detractors apprehend that its implementation is a blatant violation of Article 25 of the Constitution of India, which bestows “freedom of religion” on every citizen of India. But it also cannot escape the eye of a reasoned person that personal laws and their different applications in each religion have led to negative outcomes for women. It is true that some of the concerns against UCC are legitimate, but that doesn’t mean that UCC isn’t plausible for our nation. In fact, the benefit outweighs the negatives.