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What is the Uniform Civil Code and Why do we need it

Being a part of the constitution since its inception, Article 44, the Uniform Civil Code has been laying dead in the water. Not being implemented nation wide, the article has merely been dormant and intellectuals and even the judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, on various occasions have mentioned their unhappiness about it. So what exactly is the uniform civil code and why isn't the same implemented yet? picture credit : Lego Desk The Uniform Civil Code (UCC), is a set of laws which would be applicable to all citizens irrespective of their religion in matters of marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption. In the present scenario, the said matters are controlled by the various personal laws which are named and based on religions. These personal laws are sometimes contradictory to the general laws in effect and in situations of such conflicts of law, it is the personal law that would remain prevalent over the general law. Unfortunately, these personal laws are discriminator