The rules of the UCC, passed by Uttarakhand Assembly in February 2024, came into effect in January this year. While Scheduled ...

NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Uttarakhand, a small northern Indian state governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party, passed a bill to replace religion-specific civil laws with a ...

The Delhi High Court has reignited the debate on implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, highlighting the conflict between customary laws and national legislation. This arises from a case ...

Uttarakhand will be implementing the Uniform Civil Code on Monday, making it the first state in independent India to put into effect such a law. According to the state’s chief minister Pushkar Singh ...

In a land where the most simple of marriage laws — that the bride must be 18 years of age — is defied by tens of millions every year, the uncommon hurry to enact a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for 1.30 ...

"Is it not the time to move towards a Uniform Civil Code, ensuring a single framework where personal or customary law does ...

The observations came while granting bail to a man, held on rape and kidnapping charges, after he married a girl who was ...

In a significant observation on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Delhi High Court has stressed the urgent need for ...

Delhi High Court, in granting bail to Hamid Raza, highlights conflict between personal laws and criminal law, urging need for Uniform Civil Code in ...

Christian and Muslim leaders have disapproved of the passing of a polarising and contentious uniform civil code by a pro-Hindu government in a northern Indian state. The Uniform Civil Code Bill was ...

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Nakul Rai Khurana, a law student at Jindal Global Law School. Last week, on 9 th ...

Union Minister Suresh Gopi expressed support for implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, suggesting it could ...