governs the personal matters of all Indian citizens including marriage, divorce, adoption, and inheritance. Drafted as the “Uniform Civil Code Bill” (UCC), the law was passed by the ruling ...

The BJP has campaigned for the UCC for several decades, saying current laws encourage inequality and do not fit well in secular India and several right-wing Hindus have expressed support for the idea.

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 incumbent BJP government, before going in for parliamentary elections 2024, had proposed to go ahead with legislating and implementing the UCC. The 22nd Law Commission of India (LCI ...

On the one hand, this is why most opposition parties in India are wary of a UCC. On the other hand, this is testimony to the power of the law in fostering more modern attitudes toward personal ...

Uttarakhand’s new UCC, which was approved by the president of India on Wednesday, is widely seen as a trial run before a similar law is introduced for the whole country. Latika, 32, rejects the ...

He also dubbed the existing set of laws as "communal civil code ... Recently, the state of Uttarakhand came out with its own UCC. A Uniform Civil Code in India has been a key agenda of successive ...

The UCC is a set of personal laws which would be common for all Indian citizens regardless of religion, gender, or sexual orientation. These laws govern matters such as marriage, divorce ...

Claiming that Uniform Civil Code (UCC) should not be an issue of contention, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday said that law requires ... Director of The New Indian Express Prabhu ...

Jawaharlal Nehru should have reformed the personal laws of all religious groups to give India a UCC. Sadly, he funked the task. It is high time India abolished religious differences in personal law.

The 192-page UCC bill contains a variety of new provisions the Uttarakhand government has envisaged for applying to residents irrespective of their religion. The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill ...

Many young Indian men and women are relocating ... within the state's expansive Uniform Civil Code (UCC) - which establishes a unified personal law for all residents, regardless of religion ...