Uniform Civil Code in India - still a distant dream

The term Uniform Civil Code connotes the idea of same set of civil rules for the citizens irrespective of their religion, caste, etc. Civil law governs the matters pertaining to marriage, adoption, inheritance, succession and so on. In India such matters of the citizens are still governed by the personal laws of their respective communities. It's the mandate upon the state as a directive principle of state policy to promulgate a Uniform Civil Code for whole the country. But even after 66 years of independence it is just a distant dream leading to various ambiguities in the interpretation of personal laws. So, the present paper is deliberating upon the importance of uniform civil code as a tool to create religious harmony, their by promoting fraternity as enshrined in the Constitution. The judgments pronounced by the Hon'ble Supreme Court are very constructive in this regard and it has been discussed in an elaborate manner in this paper.