Author: Digveejay Upadhyay

Hello Everyone, I am a 2nd year student B.A. LL.B student at NUJS Kolkata. I am interested in criminal law, consitutional law, politics and policy making.

Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is one of the most talked about issues in India’s socio-political and socio-legal scene, and it balances itself on the thin line between religious freedom, the importance of personal laws, and traditional customs, and a long-standing vision to unify laws and eliminate custom-made inequality and prejudice. Residing under Part IV Article 44 of the Indian Constitution, the UCC is part of the Directive Principles of State Policy, and the Constitution itself states that the directive principles “shall not be enforceable by any court”[1], yet it also mentions that they…

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