SynopsisUttarakhand has become the first state in India to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) after Goa, which brings a common set of laws to all the citizens of India regardless of their religion.

Following the lead of Uttarakhand, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) government in Gujarat has also initiated the process to ...

News18 has learnt that following the formation of the committee, its approval will be given by the cabinet tomorrow.

Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel said that the five-member panel, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Desai, will submit its report within 45 days ...

With Gujarat government forming a committee to study the modalities for drafting and implementing a law on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), many Parliamentarians from Uttar Pradesh have welcomed the ...

A state-level UCC raises a constitutional question on Article 44, which suggests the code ought to have a national character.

A common civil code has been in place in Goa since the Portuguese Civil Code ... In its campaign for the Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand, the BJP had mainly targeted Muslim personal law, arguing ...

Those who will read about the debates of the Constituent Assembly will know that we are trying to act according to that ...

Gujarat forms a committee to draft a Uniform Civil Code, led by Justice Ranjana Desai, amidst mixed reactions from opposition and concerns for minorities.

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a proposed legal framework aimed at unifying and replacing personal laws based on religion with a single set of rules governing marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption ...

GANDHINAGAR: The BJP government in Gujarat announced the formation of a committee, headed by a retired Supreme Court judge, ...

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a set of common laws that apply to all people, regardless of religion. Goa is the only Indian ...