Uttarakhand has carved his name in history by becoming the first state in India to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Starting today, January 27, 2025, the UCC will standardize personal laws ...

Live-in relationships are becoming increasingly common, though they may still lack full societal acceptance. The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) seeks to address this shift while safeguarding the rights of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...