Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi emphasized the need for a uniform civil code across India, asserting its importance for ...

Members of Jamiat Ulama-i-Maharashtra listen to the speech of their leader during protest gathering against a uniform civil code law in India, in Mumbai, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. Earlier this month, a ...

The Assam assembly has passed a bill banning polygamy, aligning it with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's vision for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Congress criticizes Assam CM for corruption and UCC plan, claiming his political days are numbered ahead of upcoming ...

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 ...

Assam has criminalized polygamy with jail terms for violators, including village heads and qazis, under the Assam Prohibition ...

The Indian government has initiated the process to establish a uniform personal code replacing religion-based family law, but religious leaders including Christians are reticent. The Law Commission of ...

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 ...

Where there is a debate going on in the entire country regarding the Uniform Civil Code, on the other hand, now a period of rumors has also started regarding it. The draft of UCC has not come out yet ...