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 ...

Hence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s praise for the BJP government in Uttarakhand for the introduction of the UCC in the ...

Surat, Jan 19 (PTI) Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Sunday called the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) a “very ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pakistan's parliament has passed the eagerly awaited Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025 restricting marriage below 18 years of age, meanwhile, the Council of Islamic ...

NEW DELHI, May 12 (Reuters) - Authorities in an Indian state want to ban polygamy as part of a bid by the Hindu-nationalist central government to standardise the civil code across the country.

When the state enters people’s private lives, it sets the stage for debate and discord. In February, the Uttarakhand Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill, marking the first legislation in an ...

President Droupadi Murmu praises Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code during the state's silver jubilee assembly session.

President Droupadi Murmu lauded the Uttarakhand Assembly for implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), during a special session marking the state's silver jubilee.

The 78-page affidavit filed by the Uttarakhand government indicates that several provisions are being amended under the Uniform Civil Code. This includes several changes to the rules governing live-in ...