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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Uttarakhand will today become the first state in India to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), announced Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The BJP leader said that the UCC will bring uniformity ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Uniform Civil Code seeks “one nation, one law” to govern citizens’ personal lives, but religious minorities fear hidden costs. In February, the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand passed a ...

Uttarakhand, a Himalayan state in northern India, has become the first to pass a new law that, regardless of religion, governs the personal matters of all Indian citizens including marriage, divorce, ...

Uttarakhand Home Secretary Shailesh Bagauli held a video conference to review the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) implementation.

The Delhi High Court emphasized the need for a Uniform Civil Code to resolve conflicts between Islamic and Indian laws on child marriages.

NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Lawmakers in a small Indian state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday approved landmark legislation to ...