Talk:Uniform civil code
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According to Hindutva the Constitution of India is not a uniform civil code ("Hindutva also advances a strong critique of secularism in India, which it dubs pseudo-secularism, because of different standards for Hindus, Muslims and Christians. The subject of a Uniform Civil Code, which would remove special religiously-based provisions for Muslims and Christians from the Indian Constitution, is one of the main political planks of Hindutva."), yet according to this article it "lays down the administration of a uniform civil code for its citizens as a Directive Principle." Anyone know whats what? Hyacinth 19:53, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
The "Directive Principles of State Policy" in the Indian Constitution is a set of goals (or ideals) that the framers added (and which were impractical at the time the constituion was created) and which the Government should try to achieve through legislation, social change etc. The constitution does not impose a time limit for achieving these objectives, however. In addition to Uniform Civil Code, I think it also contain "Universal Secondary Education". Not sure what else it has though. Shameer 23:25, 12 May 2005 (UTC)