The Uniform Civil Code is enjoined as a Directive Principle in which Article of the Constitution?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. Article 44 of the Constitution provides: 'The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India.'
2. Article 39A relates to equal justice and free legal aid; Article 42 to just and humane conditions of work; Article 46 to promotion of educational and economic interests of SC/ST/weaker sections.
3. The Supreme Court has periodically reminded the State of Article 44 (e.g. Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India, AIR 1995 SC 1531).
4. Hence Article 44 is the correct provision.
_Source: Constitution of India (Bare Act, updated to 105th Amendment Act 2021), Govt. of India Legislative Dept., Article 44_
Related questions
In National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) v. Union of India, (2014) 5 SCC 438, the SuprThe Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, 2019 — providing 10 per cent reservation for EconoArticle 131 of the Constitution confers on the Supreme Court of India:Which case overruled the proposition in A. K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, AIR 1950 SC 27 tArticles 280 (Finance Commission) and 281 (recommendations of the Finance Commission) beloThe Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution lists subjects that may be devolved by State LegArticles 243 to 243-O of the Constitution, inserted by the 73rd Amendment Act, 1992, deal The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution provides for the administration of tribal areas in