The debates on human rights of women in the context of gender-discriminatory personal laws have implications for secularism in India. The state has intervened and reformed Hindu Personal Laws. But non-Hindu religious traditions in India have been left out ostensibly in the name of secularism. The Article 44 of Indian constitution has failed to convince policy-makers to enact a Uniform Civil Code so many years after independence. Many Islamic countries have codified personal laws whereby practices inimical to dignity of women like polygamy have either been abolished or restricted. But ours is a great secular democracy where personal laws continue to exist in brazen defiance of the spirit of constitution which mandates gender equality. It is in this context; this article seeks to analyse the debate on Uniform Civil code in India. This article argues for a desirability of the Uniform Civil Code for the sake of national integration in substantive terms. It also delves into various judicial pronouncements on the issue, the options available before the government, the minority syndrome that inhibits the development of progressive voices within religious communities clinging to their personal laws. It also looks into the position of women's movement of India on the tricky issue of Uniform Civil Code.