The beginning of the last quarter of the century since the adoption of the Indian Constitution has begun, with Dev Bhoomi ...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami declared that Uniform Civil Code will be implemented in the state from January 2025. This will make the BJP-ruled hill state to become the first one ...

Uttarakhand becomes the first Indian state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) since Independence. On January 27, 2025, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami officially rolled out the UCC ...

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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 ...

Rudrapur: Uttarakhand, the first Indian state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), has recorded a significant achievement with 95.61% of police .

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

With the commencement of the special Uttarakhand Assembly session on Monday, the stage is set for Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s government to table the Uniform Civil Code (UCC ...

The push for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, exemplified by Uttarakhand's enactment, is framed as secular progress. However, critics argue true equality requires dismantling inequities within ...

UCC in Uttarakhand: The state government has implemented the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Act to create a unified framework for the creation and cancellation of wills and codicils under ...