Fact sheet

** A uniform civil code means the same civil laws will govern citizens, irrespective of their religion, caste and tribe, overriding the right of citizens to be governed under different personal laws based on religion or caste or tribe. Such codes are in place in most modern nations.

**Article 370 of the Constitution gives special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir.

** Ram temple refers to the demand of right-wing Hindu groups to build a temple at the site of the destroyed Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh .