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 ...

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 ...

When the state enters people’s private lives, it sets the stage for debate and discord. In February, the Uttarakhand Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill, marking the first legislation in an ...

NEW DELHI, May 12 (Reuters) - Authorities in an Indian state want to ban polygamy as part of a bid by the Hindu-nationalist central government to standardise the civil code across the country.

On this week’s special episode of UnPolitics, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami addressed accusations of pushing a hardcore Hindutva agenda, his government's controversial legislative ...

The rules of the UCC, passed by Uttarakhand Assembly in February 2024, came into effect in January this year. While Scheduled ...

A tribal citizen is appealing a ruling whose rationale led to the dismissal of Indian civil rights cases in two federal ...

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 ...