One year of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC): a look at its impact, key developments, public response, and the legal and social changes it has brought so far.

The Indian State of Uttarakhand passed the first-of-its-kind Uniform Civil Code Wednesday, which imposes common rules for all communities on marriage, divorce, inheritances, land, property and live-in ...

It is a controversial issue in Indian politics as minorities and opposition parties see it as a vehicle for Hindu majoritarianism. Earlier this month, a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ...

The Law Commission of India issued a public notice on Wednesday, soliciting opinions and comments on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). This comes after a five-year gap since the 21st Law Commission ...

Following the Uniform Civil Code's implementation, marriage registrations in Uttarakhand saw a 24-fold increase. Over 3 lakh marriages have been registered in just the first half of 2025, a ...

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

Uttarakhand is set to become the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) today (January 27). Chief Minister ...

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 ...

Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Saturday made a pitch for the Uniform Civil Code and said that the Constitution "expresses the desirability" of a UCC. The 65-year-old, who served ...

Talking to reporters after the meeting, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the party had already made its stand clear on the UCC on June 15. The Congress on Saturday stuck to its stated ...

The Assam government has firmed up plans for enacting a uniform civil code (UCC). Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently announced that the state cabinet had discussed the uniform civil code and ...