Uttarakhand scripted history by becoming the first state in India to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) on Monday. Chief ...

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Uttarakhand has become the first state in India to implement the Uniform Civil Code or UCC, a politically contentious topic which has been debated for years now. A Uniform civil ...

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 ...

The Constitution of India came into force in 1950. Since then, Article 44 has been gathering dust with no government at the centre ever having any guts and wisdom to touch it. Figuratively speaking, ...

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 ...

Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that tribals in the northeast and other regions will be exempt from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DY Chandrachud on Saturday hailed the Constitution as the force offering stability to nation. Former CJI D Y Chandrachud praised the Constitution for national stability and unity He stated the ...