...Article 44 of the Constitution, included among the Directive Principles of State Policy, asserts that 'The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens...uniform civil code throughout the territory of India'. However, even Hindu law is not uniform throughout India. Baroda has a Hindu Code different from that...

...step forward towards attainment of the directive principle recognized by the Indian Constitution that the state shall endeavour to secure for the citizens...uniform civil code throughout the territory of India. The civil code, which will replace all the existing personal laws, appears to be essential in the interest...

...direction to the state regarding governance and legislation. Article 44 of this section directs that "the state shall endeavour to secure for the citizens...uniform civil code throughout the territory of India." As we have seen, this clause caused a lot of controversy and discussion in the Constituent Assembly....

...phrasing was devised to pigeonhole the issue. Article forty- four reads: "The state shall endeavor to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India." In Islam personal law, including marriage and divorce, is part of the Shariat (Islamic Law). In custom,...

...policy. The Directive Principles of State Policy, enshrined in the Constitution, include a promise to "secure for the citizens, a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India" (Article 44). No measures have been taken in this direction in the 33 years that have elapsed since the Constitution...

...authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of selfgovernment." 44. See Art. 46: "The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens...uniform civil code throughout the territory of India." on any account, from the dominant Hindu community. Intellectuals, whether they belong to this community...

...the Directive Principles of State Policy aims at ending the regime of personal laws and states that "the State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territorv of 1ndia." Personal Laws Personal laws in 1ndia deal with marriage and divorce, maintenanre,...

...the constitution (in the directive principles of state policy, article 44): the state shall endeavor to "secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India." Finally, it seemed to indicate that the government was supporting a religious minority instead of heeding...

...management of undertakings, establishments or other organisations engaged in any industry.16 Article 44: The state shall endeavour to secure for the citizens...code throughout the territory of India. Article 45: The state shall endeavour to provide, within a period of ten years from the commencement of this Constitution,...

...the existence and validity of the "personal law" for distinct religious groups in India. Article 44 The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens...uniform civil code throughout the territory of India. 75 The criminal law in India had been long codified by the British Raj with the passing of the Code...