In August 2021 and April 2022, this column discussed the, at the time, proposed substantial revisions to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) under consideration by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) and ...

Only one live-in relationship has been registered in Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code portal in the first 10 days of its ...

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel said that the five-member committee, to be headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Desai, ...

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced setting up a 5-member panel to draft the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) proposal ...

The Gujarat government has constituted a special committee under the chairmanship of a former judge to analyse and assess the impact of UCC, official sources said. The committee will prepare a ...

The UCC is a common civil code or common law for every citizen in India, irrespective of religion and caste. The code is ...

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

Uttarakhand has become the first state in independent India to enact a comprehensive Uniform Civil Code (UCC), taking a step ...

Article 44 of the Constitution says that “the State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India”. • Article 44 is among the Directive Principles ...

By words and implication, the Uttarakhand law has deferred to the majority and brushed aside the features of personal laws ...

Uttarakhand became the first Indian state to implement the long-debated Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a step hailed as revolutionary by some and divisive by others. But as the dust settles, the UCC’s impl ...

In a landmark move that has sent ripples through India's complex social and legal landscape, Uttarakhand has become the first ...