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5 J. Indian L. & Soc'y V (2014)
On Uniform Civil Code, Legal Pluralism and the Constitution of India

handle is hein.journals/jindlas5 and id is 155 raw text is: JOURNAL OF INDIAN LAW AND SOCIETY Volume V Monsoon SPECIAL EDITORIAL NOTE ON UNIFORM CIVIL CODE, LEGAL PLURALISM AND THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIAt -M.P. SINGH* I. UNIFORM CIVIL CODE Article 44 of the Constitution, which is central to the discussion, reads: Uniform civil code for the citizens-The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India. It is one of the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPs) which are not enforceable in any court, but the principles therein laid down are nevertheless fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the State to apply these principles in making laws.' I have consistently argued that though DPs are not justiciable they are as much part of the Constitution as the Fundamental Rights (FRs) and, therefore, they deserve as much attention and importance as the FRs do.2 The Court has also held that not only the FRs t This paper was earlier presented at conference organized by Majlis, entitled Negotiating Spaces: Uniform Civil Code... Inclusions and Exclusions on 8-9 November, 2014 at Mumbai. Chair Professor, Centre for Comparative Law, NLU, Delhi. Former Vice Chancellor, NUJS, Kolkata and Professor of Law, University of Delhi. CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, art. 37. 2 See, among others, M.P. Singh, 7he Statics and the Dynamics of the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles - A Human Rights Perspective, 5 SUPREME COURT CASES (JOURNAL) I (2003).

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