Uttarakhand Assembly passes controversial Bills on UCC, religious conversion, and minority education amid uproar on August 20 ...

One of the most notable shifts in the amendment bill is the extension of critical procedural time limits with an aim to reduce procedural bottlenecks and ensure smoother law enforcement ...

Respected experts kindly tell how to register in Uniform Civil Code after getting court marriage certificate in Uttarakhand Which option should be select in typ ...

The Uniform Civil Code is a proposal to bring a single, unified law that governs all Indian citizens in matters of personal law—such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption.

Another step towards UCC? Law Commission wants mandatory marriage registration. A Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for all citizens ...

Muslim leaders and others oppose the Uniform Civil Code initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu Nationalist party saying it interferes with their own laws and customs on such issues.

The rules for unmarried cohabiting partners, called “live-in couples” in India, are part of the controversial new Uniform Civil Code of Uttarakhand, which had been a long-standing campaign ...

Last week, on 9 th December, a Member of Parliament from the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) introduced a private member bill on India’s Uniform Civil Code (‘UCC’) in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of ...

The Uniform Civil Code is a common set of laws governing marriage, divorce, succession and adoption for all citizens.

This is not the first time the Indian judiciary has exhorted the legislature to operationalise Article 44 of the Indian Constitution, which states that “The State shall endeavor to secure for the ...

The panelists expressed concern that the Uniform Civil Code might be used as a form of moral policing, potentially criminalising Muslims, controlling the lives of all Indians, especially women ...