The discourse over the Uniform Civil Code (hereinafter UCC) was rekindled post its inclusion in the manifesto of BJP for 2019, andhas intensified as we near the 2024 elections. The long-awaited dream of realizing the UCC seems to be in touching distance now, which was once subjected to much clamor and contestation in the Constituent Assembly (CA). The judicial and political environment is more favorable presently than ever before. The article is written with the twin motive to explain why the UCC has remained unenforced for so long; and the need for enforcing it today, while looking at the contemporary successful examples of UCC