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 ...

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 ...

Uttarakhand will today become the first state in India to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), announced Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The BJP leader said that the UCC will bring uniformity ...

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 ...

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, ...

"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 ...

Is there a better route for reform within communities than the government imposing a Uniform Civil Code? Can religious minorities expect justice if they do not stand with sexual minorities? What is ...

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 ...

It is the third state after Uttarakhand and Gujarat – all ruled by the Hindu nationalist BJP – to take steps toward a common civil law for all religious groups. It has enacted legislation to implement ...

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 ...