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 ...

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 ...

Uttarakhand becomes the first Indian state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) since Independence. On January 27, 2025, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami officially rolled out the UCC, a move ...

The renewed push for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), with Uttarakhand becoming the first state to enact one, is being projected as a step toward national unity through secularism. But this framing — where ...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in one of its recent orders emphasised for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India to counteract the deprecating, fundamentalist, superstitious, and ultra-conservative ...

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 ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pushed for a uniform civil code in the country, as the South Asian nation celebrated its 78th independence day. “In our country, Supreme Court has held ...

New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): Expressing the government's intent to work towards bringing Uniform Civil Code, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday said that UCC figured in the BJP ...

Uttarakhand has become the first state in India to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The UCC, launched by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, standardizes personal laws related to marriage, ...

Actor turned politician Shatrughan Sinha has sparked a controversy by going against his party, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamul, by supporting a national Uniform Civil Code and a ...

Uttarakhand has become the first Indian state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the UCC portal, indicating its formal adoption. The UCC aims to ...