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Write short note: The case for a uniform civil code.

  • UPSC 1986
  • Caste System

India has one criminal law for all citizens but several family laws, each administered by the community a citizen is born into. Article 44 directs the state to secure a uniform civil code; the sociological case for it rests on the claim that a citizen's rights should not vary with her religion.

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