Uniform Civil Code
Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is applicable to all religious communities in their personal matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption, etc. provides for one law for the entire country.
- Constitutional Provisions: Article 44 (DPSP) talks about UCC.
- Judicial Pronouncements: Supreme Court in their judgements in cases like Shah Bano case (1985), Sarla Mudgal Case (1995), Daniel Latifi Case, has asked the government to move towards a UCC.
Important Points
- Goa is the only Indian state to have a UCC in the form of common family ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Related Content
- 1 Principle of Natural Justice
- 2 Appointment & Transfer of Judges
- 3 Doctrine of Eminent Domain: State Property, Common Property & Community Property
- 4 Distribution of Legislative Power: What Centre & States can & cannot do?
- 5 Powers of Central Investigation Agencies
- 6 Election Commission: Power, Limitations & Conflicts
- 7 Recusal of Judges
- 8 Speaker vs. Governor: Separation of Powers
- 9 Lokpal & Lokayukta: Powers, Functions & Limitations
- 10 Creation of New States in India
Indian Polity And Governance
- 1 Parliamentary Democracy
- 2 Parliamentary Sovereignty
- 3 Liberal Democracy
- 4 Constitutional Government
- 5 Representative Form of Government/Representative Democracy
- 6 Social Democracy
- 7 Cooperative Federalism
- 8 Competitive Federalism
- 9 Governor vs. State Government
- 10 Role of Rajya Sabha in India’s Federal Set-up
