Uttarakhand will be implementing the Uniform Civil Code on Monday, making it the first state in independent India to put into effect such a law. According to the state’s chief minister Pushkar Singh ...

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 ...

Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that tribals in the northeast and other regions will be exempt from the proposed Uniform Civil Code. This decision aims to allow them to live ...

Uttarakhand has become the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, a move that poses some political debates and sheds national attention as well. This new system was initiated ...

Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju affirmed that tribals will be exempt from the Uniform Civil Code. At an RSS-affiliated event, he clarified that this exemption allows tribals to maintain ...

The Uniform Civil Code is in line with the wishes of the framers of the Constitution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed in Parliament on Thursday. “Some people must be thinking as to what this UCC ...

The Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code, enacted in 2025, faces criticism for potentially infringing on privacy, religious freedom, and women's rights, and for overreaching state ...

Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Saturday made a pitch for the Uniform Civil Code and said that the Constitution "expresses the desirability" of a UCC. The 65-year-old, who served ...

DEHRADUN: UCC not only strengthens the socio-economic security of women and children but also fortifies the institution of marriage, said Prof. Surekha Dangwal, a member of the expert committee ...

"Are you living secretly, in some secluded cave? You are brazenly living together without there being a marriage. Then what is the secret?" the Uttarakhand High Court remarked, as it took strong ...

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 ...