However, the country is far from having a common civil code.

On the other hand, party leaders have promised that they would subject Muslims to a common civil code.

Parliament is still to step in for framing a common civil code in the country.

A common civil code will help the cause of national integration by removing the contradictions based on ideologies."

Like Hindutva, RRP wanted a common civil code in India, based on Manava-Dharma-Shastra, with Ahimsa to first creed.

The Indian government left the Portuguese civil code unchanged in Goa, with the result that Goa today remains the only state in India with a common civil code that does not depend on religion.

In Maharishi Avadesh v Union of India (1994) the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking a writ of mandamus against the government to introduce a common civil code, and thus laid the responsibility of its introduction on the legislature.

However, the attempts by successive political leadership in the country to integrate Indian society under common civil code is strongly resisted and is viewed by Indian Muslims as an attempt to dilute the cultural identity of the minority groups of the country.