The All India Shia Personal Law Board will hold its national convention discussing key issues like the Uniform Civil Code, minority rights, and socio-economic status of Shia Muslims. The event will ...
The Indian State of Uttarakhand passed the first-of-its-kind Uniform Civil Code Wednesday, which imposes common rules for all communities on marriage, divorce, inheritances, land, property and live-in ...
It is a controversial issue in Indian politics as minorities and opposition parties see it as a vehicle for Hindu majoritarianism. Earlier this month, a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ...
The Assam government has firmed up plans for enacting a uniform civil code (UCC). Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently announced that the state cabinet had discussed the uniform civil code and ...
Uttarakhand is a bit to create history today as it is all set to become the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code ...
The idea of introducing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, replacing religious and customary laws regarding marriage, divorce and inheritance, is sparking debate with proponents advocating for ...
The Delhi High Court has observed that the recurring conflict between personal laws permitting child marriages and statutory provisions under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) ...
In a landmark move that has sent ripples through India's complex social and legal landscape, Uttarakhand has become the first state to implement a common civil code since independence, marking a ...
Justice Monga described this as a "recurring conflict" between Islamic law, which allows a minor girl who has attained puberty to marry, and Indian criminal law, which considers such a marriage an ...
While hearing a divorce case for a heterosexual Hindu couple a few days ago, the Delhi High Court opined that the time had come for the Central Government to introduce a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for ...
The Uttarakhand government made waves in January this year after adopting an Uniform Civil Code — the first state to do so in independent India. Nearly 10 months later the UCC is back in news ...
Assam has criminalized polygamy with jail terms for violators, including village heads and qazis, under the Assam Prohibition of Polygamy Bill, 2025. Chief Minister Sarma declared this a step towards ...