Members of Jamiat Ulama-i-Maharashtra listen to the speech of their leader during protest gathering against a uniform civil code law in India, in Mumbai, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. Credit: AP ...

Today, let’s explore whether any state in the Union of India has the authority to enact and enforce a Uniform Civil Code. Article 44 of the Constitution is part of the Directive Principles of State ...

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 ...

The idea of introducing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, replacing religious and customary laws regarding marriage, divorce and inheritance, is sparking debate with proponents advocating for ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 Delhi High Court has observed that the recurring conflict between personal laws permitting child marriages and statutory provisions under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) ...

Under Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code, 40 couples applied for live-in registration online. Only 12 were approved, while 22 ...