Dehradun: Uttarakhand high court (HC) has given the Centre three weeks to submit its reply on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) ...

No political party in power took this short step despite SC goading NEW DELHI: When the Constitution was just a year-old, law minister B R Ambedkar had stoically met the charge that the Hindu Code ...

Owaisi also wondered how a uniform civil code (UCC) can be 'uniform' when there are several separate laws for different ...

Bhimrao Ambedkar, Kanhaiyalal Munshi and Minoo Masani were all prolific writers and firm advocates of a Uniform Civil Code as a fundamental right for all Indians. One nation one code: How Ambedkar ...

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi criticizes the new Waqf law as unconstitutional, arguing that it aims to destroy Waqf properties. He awaits justice from the Supreme Court, challenging the Waqf ...

Around half of the laws passed across Indian states in the past year focused on three key areas: education, finance, and ...

On February 7, the Uttarakhand Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, becoming the first legislature in independent India to pass a law that proposes common rules on marriage ...

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel has set up a five-member panel, chaired by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Desai, to draft the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for the state. The committee will submit its ...

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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.