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 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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI — Want to move in with your boyfriend or girlfriend? If you are in India’s Uttarakhand state, you’ll have to register your relationship with the authorities according to a new law — or face ...