Opinion

OPINION | Uniform Civil Code: Constitutional vision, Supreme Court observations, and the current debate

On several occasions, the Court has drawn attention to the constitutional vision embodied in Article 44 and the importance of moving towards a common civil framework for all citizens ...

Societal fault lines raise question of fairness on UCC call

In 2002, anthropologist Lila Abu-Lughod raised the question of whether Muslim women needed “saving”. Her well-known essay on ...
Hindustan Times

Uniform civil code key to true secularism

Such has been the intensity of dialogues surrounding the idea of a “uniform civil code” that one may be well advised to refrain from commenting in its favour, lest they be labelled “communal’. The ...
O Heraldo

Supreme Court Says Uniform Civil Code Key to Women’s Rights, Warns Against Legal Vacuum

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday said that implementing a Uniform Civil Code could help address long-standing issues affecting the rights of Indian ...
UCA News

Minorities slam Indian state's new uniform civil code

Christian and Muslim leaders have disapproved of the passing of a polarising and contentious uniform civil code by a pro-Hindu government in a northern Indian state. The Uniform Civil Code Bill was ...
India TV

Ex-CJI Chandrachud bats for UCC: 'Important for us to realise this goal of Constitution'

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 ...