The truth however, is that very few really understand or rather, care to understand what a uniform civil code encompasses. There are two examples already available within the country -- Goa and ...

In response to a request from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to interpret the scope of California Civil Code section 1668 and its rule ...

When large bipartisan majorities of Congress enacted and subsequently amended the nation’s major civil rights laws during both Democratic and Republican presidencies, policymakers were aware of ...

The interim government yesterday in principle decided to amend the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) including the introduction of provisions for issuing summons through telephone, text messages and ...

The government under President Donald Trump is bending the arc of US history in a new direction, away from the civil rights focus of the past 60 plus years. Addressing or even acknowledging racial ...

A group of seven Democratic senators are questioning the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its shake-up to its Civil Rights Division, including policy changes and new staff arrangements.

Children in Quebec can have more than two parents, according to a Superior Court decision that now gives the provincial government 12 months to amend the Civil Code to legally recognize this type ...

The new head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division is dramatically reshaping the office to propel President Donald Trump’s social agenda, prompting the departure of about half of ...

In another move to reduce the size of the Department of Education, the Trump administration is looking to cut 35 percent of the funding for the Office of Civil Rights, which investigates ...

By Devlin Barrett Reporting from Washington Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are leaving the Justice Department’s civil rights division, as veterans of the office say they have been ...

India is complex and so are the expectations from its civil service. To assess its performance on Civil Service Day (April 21 , the challenges that India faced as a nation on August 15 ...