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States Cannot Legislate on Uniform Civil Code and Why the Goa Example Does Not Hold

Uniform Civil Code is a Concurrent List subject, wherein power to legislate rests with both Parliament and state legislatures. While the state legislature may introduce amendments to the personal laws enacted by Parliament, it cannot be stretched to include the enactment of a UCC for a particular state. 

Article 44 of the Constitution says that ‘state shall endeavour to secure for citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India’.