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 ...

The Karnataka High Court has urged both the Parliament and State Legislatures to make a concerted effort to enact a law that would bring about a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), emphasising its importance in ...

The Karnataka High Court on Friday urged the Union and state governments to work towards implementing the Uniform Civil Code to fully realise the ideals outlined in the Preamble to the Constitution, ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Telangana High Court has corrected gender-based inequality rooted in religious personal laws — an inequality that contradicts Article 15 of the Indian Constitution, which forbids discrimination on ...

Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi emphasized the need for a uniform civil code across India, asserting its importance for ...

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 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 ...

While hearing a divorce case for a heterosexual Hindu couple a few days ago, the Delhi High Court opined that the time had come for the Central Government to introduce a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for ...

With the implementation of a uniform civil code in Uttarakhand, there seems to be a new trend in legal reform that pushes forward an ideology of paternalism rather than bringing about a culture of ...