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The push for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, exemplified by Uttarakhand's enactment, is framed as secular progress.

It is definitely entirely in the fitness of things that the Karnataka High Court in a most learned, laudable, landmark, ...

As the BJP frames the Uniform Civil Code as a step toward national integration and gender justice, critics warn of growing ...

The data was shared during a review meeting chaired by Uttarakhand Home secretary at the Secretariat, where the status of UCC service registrations was assessed with all district magistrates ...

DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government filed an affidavit responding to over a dozen petitions challenging the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Nainital High Court. The court is set to hear the case on ...

A woman from rural Kumaon has become the first person in the division to register her live-in relationship under Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code. The registration was completed by the SDM in ...

On January 17, BJP-ruled Uttarakhand became the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code after independence. A common civil code has been in place in Goa since the Portuguese Civil Code was ...

The next hearing in the case in the Uttarakhand High Court is scheduled for April 22. Responding to a number of petitions challenging the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the Uttarakhand High Court ...

PREMIUM There are two examples already available within the country : Goa and Uttarakhand (@pushkardhami) The foremost legal basis on which the ushering of a uniform civil code is opposed ...

"The country needs a Uniform Civil Code in respect of Personal Laws and ... Noting that states like Goa and Uttarakhand have already taken steps towards implementing a UCC, the court directed ...

Uttarakhand became the first Indian state after independence to implement the Uniform Civil Code with the ruling BJP fulfilling a major commitment made ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls.