Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Nakul Rai Khurana, a law student at Jindal Global Law School. Last week, on 9 th ...

NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Uttarakhand, a small northern Indian state governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party, passed a bill to replace religion-specific civil laws with a ...

The idea of introducing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, replacing religious and customary laws regarding marriage, divorce and inheritance, is sparking debate with proponents advocating for ...

Uniform Civil Code: The Karnataka High Court has called on both Parliament and State Legislatures to work together to enact a Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The court emphasised that such a law is crucial ...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has requested both the central government and the state government to make every endeavour to enact a statute on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Justice Hanchate ...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in the state has ...

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said the uniform civil code imposed by the Uttarakhand government and the one proposed by Gujarat go against the idea of a uniform civil code. “The ...

In a landmark move that has sent ripples through India's complex social and legal landscape, Uttarakhand has become the first state to implement a common civil code since independence, marking a ...

Chief Minister honored officials who contributed to UCC formulation and those who did commendable work in registrations ...

The Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday issued notices to the state government and the Centre, seeking their responses within six weeks on a writ petition that challenged various provisions of the ...